Local News

Hoarding pets continues to be a major issue in the city. Less than a week after city council turned down the idea of restricting how many pets a person can have, around a dozen animals were taken from a home on Dease Street.

Howard McKay started to feel the effects of Parkinson's disease when he was still in his 30s.

Nuclear waste disposal could pose a significant threat to the Great Lakes, says the head of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative.

Half-Way Motors has been a family tradition in the city for half a century.

The city is adding bike lanes to several streets this week. Motorists and cyclists are being advised the changes will take place on Adelaide, Arundel, High, Keith and Theresa streets as well as Leslie Avenue.

The city clerk's office has changed its mind on a request for a Childhood Cancer Awareness month.

Greg Rickford thinks delays in the Ring of Fire should be looked at as an opportunity.

Horizon Wind Inc. is once again bullying the province and the city into moving forward with its proposed wind farm project, says the president of an opposition group.

The Ontario Public Service Employees Union says the Ministry of Natural Resources is cutting more than 100 jobs, including 23 in Northwestern Ontario.

John Swanson has been thinking about fishing for the last few days, not the pain that comes with being an amputee. The Sauk Rapids, Minn.