Local News

Investigators say a serious house fire in Westfort will likely remain a mystery forever. The blaze broke out Tuesday evening in the 900 block of Home Avenue.

Drivers in the Northwood area will once again have to find a new route to access the Harbour Expressway as construction and repaving is now underway at the Golf Links Road intersection.

OPP in Fort Frances say four vehicles were damaged after a 65-year-old man in a pickup truck suffered a medical emergency while behind the wheel. The incident took place around 2 p.m. Tuesday.

A coroner’s inquest into the death of a young construction worker has concluded. The jury made nine recommendations Wednesday evening after several hours of deliberation.

One person was sent to hospital with undetermined injuries after a two-vehicle collision Wednesday afternoon. A black pickup truck collided with a red, four-door car around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday on North Algoma Street near Clavet Street.

A Thunder Bay man charged with attempted murder has had his case adjourned until September.

A pretrial has been set for a woman charged with four counts of assault over the May long weekend. Thea Gliddy, 31, was charged with four counts of aggravated assault stemming from three incidents that happened between May 18 to 20.

The CEO of the regional hospital says she hopes to have a senior management position filled by the fall.

A Tuesday evening blaze has left a Westfort home severely damaged. Thunder Bay Fire and Rescue firefighters responded to the blaze in the 900 block of Home Avenue shortly after 7:30 p.m. after a neighbour noticed smoke coming from the home.

A single-vehicle crash involving a transport truck on the Thunder Bay Expressway forced police to close a southbound lane of the highway just before 5 p.m. Tuesday.