Local News

As some municipalities take the drastic step of withholding Municipal Property Assessment Corporation fee payments out of protest, this city’s mayor is taking a “wait-and-see” approach.

Not many pre-teen girls are willing to have their heads shaved. But Keeley Sweitzer says cancer awareness is plenty reason to shear off her golden locks at Intercity Shopping Centre when she takes part in the 17th annual Cops for Cancer event May 11.

The agency that regulates the investment industry in Canada has scheduled a discipline hearing for a local woman accused of misappropriating funds from her clients. Pirkko Ann Ramsay worked with CIBC Investor Services in Thunder Bay.

The Health Unit is putting a stop to an uninspected home-based tattoo shop. The Thunder Bay and District Health Unit sent an order to stop to Dale Doucet last week.

A woman was sent to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a vehicle struck a utility pole on Lakeshore Drive Tuesday.

Victims of the city’s May 28th flood say the money they expect to receive from a special disaster relief fund is shockingly low.

Kathryn Lyzun says she hopes five weeks in Finland will show her new ways of doing things back home.

The National Ballet of Canada is providing some local Grade 4, 5 and 6 students with the opportunity to experience dance.

City police are getting social. The Thunder Bay Police Service launched its -- @tbpsmedia and @tbpschief -- Youtube and Facebook accounts Tuesday along with a new websit e.

The civilian contribution to the Ontario Provincial Police is being recognized this week at the local OPP communications centre.