Local News

A mill worker from Fort Frances is in critical condition in a Toronto hospital following an explosion Thursday at the Resolute mill.

One person was sent to the hospital following a north-side house fire Friday morning. Thunder Bay Fire Rescue firefighters responded to reports of a blaze at 707 John Street.

Heat has been restored to nearly all affected Union Gas customers in the Longlac area, officials with the natural gas utility confirm.

To the likely delight of parents, and dismay of students, Westgate Collegiate and Vocational Institute will be open Friday. The south-side school was unexpectedly shut down Thursday after an early morning water main break in the area.

The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is feeling the pressure of its overcapacity issues in its budget. As of Dec. 31, 2013, the hospital was running with a $2.4 million deficit for the fiscal year that ends March 31, 2014.

The district’s social services board needs a plan as it faces hundreds of millions of dollars in capital deficit over the next 30 years.

A Thunder Bay woman accused of murder will return to court in March. Priscilla Thomas, 38, was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the Jan.

Investigators say darkness and low-intensity runway lights played a role in a deadly 2012 plane crash near Pickle Lake.

Energy, the proposed event centre and health care were the main priorities for the city at a recent provincial conference.

Westgate Collegiate and Vocational Institute students got an unexpected day off Thursday because of a water-main break.