Local News

Domestic violence rates in the city have more than doubled in the past eight years. Last year 672 people were charged in more than 2,300 cases of domestic violence.

A pick-up truck slammed into the side of a Porcupine Boulevard home early Wednesday morning, seriously damaging the structure in the process.

Kyla Turner wants the city’s recycling program changed so that she can properly dispose her plastic fork. That was one of the main goals Turner had when she attended the city’s Solid Waste Management Strategy town-hall meeting Tuesday.

Food trucks have been a hit in major North American cities but so far the culinary trend hasn’t been driving along the streets of Thunder Bay.

In May 2012, doctors believed Bronwyn Huffman would be alive for another two weeks. “We all cried,” said Kellie Huffman, mother of the then 15-year-old, as she recalled that devastating news.

Red River Road is about to get a lot more colourful. For the first time ever, Thunder Bay will host a pride parade on June 15.

Police have made an arrest in connection with a murder that took place at a remote First Nation last month. Officials with the OPP and Nishnawbe Aski Police Service were called to Sandy Lake First Nation on May 12.

Officials with Tbaytel say a problem with long distance dialing has now been repaired. At about 2:30 p.m. Monday, crews cleaning up a train derailment near Sudbury accidentally cut an underground cable.

The Port of Thunder Bay has started to rebound after a slow start to the year. Lingering winter weather is being blamed for that slow start, but with more spring-like temperatures hitting the region statistics are also heating up.

Thunder Bay Police appear to have made quick work of a pair of suspects in the latest Mac’s Mart Convenience Store robbery. At about 2:25 a.m.