Local News

A new approach by Lakehead University administration has caught national attention.

City police are investigating a report of a sewing needle being found in Halloween treats. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service report that the complainant’s children went out trick or treating in the Kakabeka Falls Village.

An early morning fire appears to have gutted a Vickers Street North auto body shop. Firefighters rushed to Frankie and Johnny’s Auto Body Ltd Friday morning well before dawn, where thick smoke could be seen billowing through the air.

Thunder Bay’s independent Member of Parliament worries a new policy could mean he’ll be getting the short end of the democracy stick.

Cultural bridges were metaphorically burning on Twitter as the James Street Swing Bridge was engulfed in literal flames earlier this week.

The cause of the fire on the James Street Swing Bridge is still unknown and there is no timeline on when answers will come. Thunder Bay Fire Rescue responded to the blaze shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday, and the bridge has been closed since that time.

The District Social Services Administrative Board`s chairman is taking a wait-and-see approach over the possibility that six municipalities might be leaving.

The province will hold an inquest into the death of a Thunder Bay man who died working construction on a local condominium project. Lee Antoniak, 31, died on April 9, 2012 while part of a crew at the Thunder Bay Country Club.

City police are investigating reports of mischief after Lakehead University discovered a teepee on its property had been damaged.

Winter is coming, but a city official says construction crews should be able to re-open Golf Links Road by Nov. 18.