Local News

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.

THUNDER BAY -- Some parents aren’t too worried about what to do with their children if elementary school teachers go on strike Friday.

TORONTO, Ont. -- Officials with Porter Airlines say a strike by fuel workers won’t impact flights to or from Thunder Bay. The workers who fuel the Porter planes at the Toronto Island Airport will could be on strike by midnight Friday.

THUNDER BAY -- Police are investigating four incidents of break and enter where a lone male stole cigarettes. Just after midnight Thursday morning a male suspect smashed the glass and entered the Can-Op on Oliver Road.

THUNDER BAY -- Lakehead Public Schools’ director of education says the board remains in a state of flux as they await a decision by the Ontario Labour Relations Board.

Idle No More is highlighting issues that all Canadians should be worried about, says New Democratic MP John Rafferty.

Northern mayors were surprised to hear their candidate of choice Glen Murray dropped out of the race for Ontario’s next premier.