Local News

Everyday, for 12 days, tbnewswatch.com will be taking a look back at the news stories that had our attention throughout 2012. Here are some of the top stories published in April.

THUNDER BAY -- A local family is helping show people how their eggs get to the breakfast table. Vanderwees Farm is one of 14 family farms in the province taking part in the Who Made Your Eggs Today? campaign.

MARATHON, Ont -- A deal may be on the horizon for the idle pulp mill in Marathon. The facility has been mothballed since 2009 when co-owner Tembec went bankrupt.

THUNDER BAY -- Officials with the District Health Unit are continuing their investigation of what's suspected to be a food-borne illness that's left several people across the city ill.

THUNDER BAY -- A local resident has been fined for intentionally disabling his fire alarm. Rescue crews responded to a structural fire on Prince Arthur Boulevard during the weekend.

THUNDER BAY -- Mayor Keith Hobbs is going to put more pressure on the province to get answers on the future of city’s coal-powered plant.

THUNDER BAY -- At 97, Elsie Koivisto was still busy as ever Wednesday with three jobs. In the morning she was handing out toys.

Everyday, for 12 days, tbnewswatch.com will be taking a look back at the news stories that had our attention throughout 2012. Here are some of the top stories published in March.

RED LAKE, Ont. -- A OPP officer has been cleared of wrongdoing involving the death of a 35-year-old man.

GREENSTONE, Ont. -- The occupant of a truck has died following a single-vehicle collision Tuesday evening. Officers with the Greenstone detachment of the OPP responded to the crash just after 8 p.m.