Local News

THUNDER BAY -- A community kitchen might just have the perfect gift for local foodies. A new cookbook called Home Made”launched Tuesday. It features more than 75 recipes from local restaurants like the Hoito, Caribou and Lot 66.

THUNDER BAY -- The head of the truth and reconciliation commission believes education is the key to a better relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Canada.

THUNDER BAY -- All it takes is one look at his daughter Aleksandra for Tom Warden to understand the importance of the neonatal intensive care unit at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.

THUNDER BAY -- City police officers arrested two people after seizing drugs and money following a traffic stop Monday. Thunder Bay Police Service officers made the traffic stop on Fort William Road by the Intercity Shopping Centre around 9:40 p.m.

THUNDER BAY -- A familiar face is returning as chair of the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board. Bob Hupka was re-elected by his fellow trustees Monday night.

THUNDER BAY -- When it comes to murder, Thunder Bay bucked the national trend – at least for one year. According to figures released by Statistics Canada, the Lakehead murder rate dropped by 20 per cent in 2011, from five to four.

The lawyer representing one of two potential multimillion class-action lawsuits being levelled at the city said he can’t believe a $1.4-million fix was all that was needed to prevent flooding at the Atlantic Avenue Sewage Treatment Plant.

The city is sticking with its plan to build a $1.5-million Westfort fire hall to replace the aging Brown Street station.

A local weather specialist says Environment Canada failed to send out rainfall warnings until after most of the heaviest rains had fallen on May 28, flooding the city’s Atlantic Avenue Water Pollution Control Plant and much of the city.

THUNDER BAY -- The man charged in a fatal hit-and-run crash in October 2011 was released from custody Monday. Ashley Rheal Shabogomik was released on recognizance in surety of $500 at the provincial courthouse Monday afternoon.