Local News

THUNDER BAY -- The unemployment rate for this area was at 5 per cent in December, reports Statistics Canada. That's down from the 5.6 per cent recorded in November.

THUNDER BAY -- Ron Kanutski isn’t looking for vigilante-style justice.

THUNDER BAY -- The Valhalla Inn had to be evacuated for about four hours early Friday morning. At about 1 a.m. a fire began in the ceiling of the Timbers Restaurant.

THUNDER BAY -- The shipping season is approaching its end, but that didn't stop the port of Thunder Bay from seeing the most grain in a December since 1999. Last month more than 932,000 tonnes of grain came through Thunder Bay.

THUNDER BAY -- Police are investigating the armed robbery of a south-side convenience store. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say a man entered the Mac's Mart convenience store at 745 Simpson St. just before 4 a.m.

THUNDER BAY -- The OPP are investigating allegations made against the city police force by a 19-year-old man. In a news release issued by the Thunder Bay Police Service Thursday afternoon, the city’s police chief J.P.

THUNDER BAY -- Nicholas Webber’s lawyer says his client has taken responsibility and is remorseful for the role he played in the death of a 54-year-old-man in 2011.

THUNDER BAY -- Officials with teachers' unions say the Ontario education minister's decision to impose a contract is a huge political error.

THUNDER BAY -- When Michael Gravelle received his cancer diagnosis, he says he thought it was the end of his political career.

THUNDER BAY -- A water main break has forced the closure of a portion of River Street. City work crews are working on repairing the water main, which has led to the closure of two westbound lanes.