Local News

A busy Thunder Bay street will be shut down for more than a month due to underground construction work. A section of Neebing Avenue was closed Tuesday, forcing some residents in the area to take alternate routes to get to and from their homes.

The Hymers Fall Fair will be celebrating a century this weekend. To commemorate the milestone, the Thunder Bay Carvers group has presented the Hymers Agricultural Board with a hand-carved sign, which took 37 members of the group to make.

Although not ideal, Mayor Keith Hobbs says if the city has to cover the estimated $3 million cost of the Safe Homes Program, then that’s what they will do.

Workers at an area mine could be on strike next month if two critical issues aren’t resolved.

THUNDER BAY -- City police are investigating a suspicious death in the Intercity area. Thunder Bay Police Service officers were called on Wednesday to a wooded area at the end of Field Street, where they found a man with vital signs absent.

The Student Transportation Services of Thunder Bay are directing parents to check online for up-to-date information on school bus routes, delays and cancellations.

Bruno Niederer wants his grandchildren to grow up in a safe community.

The ink is just starting to dry on the renewed partnership between the OPP and the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service.

The region is currently without an air ambulance helicopter. Due to a pilot shortage at ORNGE, staff was moved from Thunder Bay to Moosonee on a temporary basis the company says.

The Safe Home Program has helped victims of the May flooding return to their homes, but the price tag of doing that could cost the city more than $3 million. Applications for the program ended on Aug.