Local News

Valerie Haigh has been growing her hair for the past 12 years.

The Thunder Bay Art Gallery got a financial boost to help them find ways to fund a possible move to the city’s waterfront. The Ontario Trillium Foundation gave the gallery a $75,000 grant Friday for a capital fundraising feasibility study.

A 40-year-old Thunder Bay man has been charged with careless driving after a three-vehicle collision Friday morning. Thunder Bay Police Service officers responded to the crash after 8:30 a.m., at the intersection of Cumberland and River Streets.

A two-motorcycle crash has sent two people to the regional hospital. Thunder Bay Police Service officers say the collision took place on HIlldale Road Thursday just after 10:15 p.m.

Bruce Hyer wants harsh penalties for anyone refusing to provide information to the parliamentary budget officer and auditor general.

Martin Springett thinks reading helps build character. Admittedly, as the author of Kate and Pippin, An Unlikely Love Story, he’s a bit biased. But he’s also got a pretty good point.

Pickets were gathered outside of some commercial roofing companies in Thunder Bay Thursday. An ongoing strike is threatening to slow down several projects in the city, including the consolidated courthouse.

Sixteen years ago Debbie Rathje started a collection with her coworkers at TBayTel to donate to the local Cystic Fibrosis Canada chapter. “One of our coworkers, she has a daughter who was diagnosed. We were devastated,” she said.

The owner of Galaxy Lanes says his building came to life after participating in Thunder Bay Hydro’s Retrofit program.

A local representative of the Council of Canadians is cautiously optimistic about news research will continue this year at the Experimental Lakes Area.