Local News

Divers have recovered the body of a Minnesota man who went missing last weekend in Quetico Park. Officials were alerted to the situation Sunday evening when an emergency locator device was activated.

To avoid staying out of the red, a local animal shelter is again asking for the public’s help. The Thunder Bay and District Humane Society needs up to $400,000 every year to keep its doors open.

Thunder Bay’s unemployment was down in May. New data released by Statistics Canada shows that this area’s unemployment rate hit six per cent in May, which is down from the 6.4 per cent recorded in April.

At least one city councillor supports the idea of lobbying the province to reduce the urban deer tag prices.

Lauren Stark is on a mission to see an otter. The Grade 6 McKenzie Public School student went with her class to Mission Marsh Conservation Area as part of a field trip.

The city remains in a state of emergency after last year’s flood. And it will be until at least the Spring of 2015 when the estimated $26 million worth of work at the Atlantic Avenue Sewage Treatment Plant is complete.

Details are now being made public about a spill near the Kaministiquia River at the Resolute Pulp and Paper Mill this week. A problem with the plant’s black liquor process caused some by-product foam to be released into the river.

A mining company looking to set up shop in the Ring of Fire has made inroads, physically and metaphorically, into a First Nation community. Cliffs Natural Resources began upgrading the winter road from Aroland First Nation to Marten Falls in 2011.

Traffic issues are in store for people planning on attending Confederation College’s graduation ceremonies Friday. Construction work is now underway on Beverly Street, which impacts many drivers heading to the Community Auditorium.

An area motorist was five kilometres-an-hour away from having their vehicle impounded by police Wednesday.