Local News

City police have charged a man following the theft of a charity donation box.

The city’s Solid Waste Management Strategy townhall meeting will be live-streamed online. The public town hall meeting, scheduled for Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., is set to take place at the Italian Cultural Centre.

Spring has arrived at a local historic site. Fort William Historical Park celebrated Spring on the Farm Sunday, opening up its barnyard to the community. Jasmine Ouellette said everything about the event was exciting.

Thunder Bay has a lot of walks for a lot of good causes. There are so many in fact that this year Volunteer Thunder Bay decided to turn its annual Mayor’s Walk into a hike instead.

Workplace violence is on the rise in the city’s Homes for the Aged, according to a recently released report. City council has received the report detailing some of the violent incidents that were reported against city employees.

Chippewa Park was taken over by pirates, superheroes and even some Waldos Saturday. People were dressed in all types of costumes for the annual Relay for Shelter – Thunder Bay Shelter House’s largest fundraiser of the year.

Joan Esquega was honoured to be in the first class to graduate from Lakehead University’s Aboriginal education program.

Murillo’s industrial park is about to get bigger. MPP Bill Mauro (Lib., Thunder Bay-Atikokan) announced $534,000 for the Municipality of Oliver Paipoonge to expand Rubin Business Park in Murillo by 40 acres.

Moviegoers will have to wait another week before they can sit down at the waterfront and watch Jaws on the big screen.

Police officers in Fort Frances are looking into the cause of a fatal house fire Friday morning. Fort Frances OPP, firefighters and emergency services arrived to a house fire at 3634 Highway 11/17 in the Township of Devlin around 4:45 a.m.