Local News

For Liberal political junkies it’s the most wonderful time of the year.

While it’s not even supposed to be flu season yet, it’s already been a bad year so far. The season usually starts around the end of January.

THUNDER BAY -- The Local Health Integration Network is injecting $300,000 into the region's hospital to help reduce gridlock.

THUNDER BAY -- As the prime minister met with the country’s First Nation leaders in Ottawa Friday, the Idle No More movement’s presence was felt in this city.

THUNDER BAY -- A 27-year-old Eabamatoong man who under investigation over his ties to a native gang has been taken into custody. Nishnawbe Aski Police say James Waboose was arrested on outstanding warrants at a Thunder Bay residence.

THUNDER BAY -- The local president of a teacher’s union says she’s disappointed the Ontario Labour Relations Board ruled a walkouts illegal. The OLRB made the decision at 4 a.m.

THUNDER BAY -- With fears surrounding an alleged racially motivated sexual assault late last year on a First Nations woman, the principal of Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School is taking a safety-first approach.

THUNDER BAY -- A local woman convicted of defrauding a local construction company of $200,000 will have to wait another six weeks to find out her sentence. Kerry Wirkkunen was found guilty of theft over $5,000 in September.

THUNDER BAY -- The province is moving forward with a project that aims to restore fish populations in Lake Superior's Black Bay.

Current River Coun. Andrew Foulds hopes the Municipal Golf Advisory Committee can find a way to save the struggling golf course.