Local News

Police and the Ministry of Natural Resources are playing a game of cat and bear. Reports came in to the Thunder Bay Police Service early Tuesday morning that the supposed cougar was at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.

Paramedics rushed a 29-year-old Thunder Bay woman to hospital after her vehicle rolled over on Highway 1. RCMP received a call about the roll over around 3 p.m. on Saturday.

Thrill seekers had two more rides to choose from at this year’s CLE fair. The annual four –day fair held on the CLE grounds added two more rides for participants to try out.

Police charged a 34-year-old-man from Pickle Lake with assault after he allegedly assaulted two other officers. A man standing outside the Northern Store parking lot on Koval Street flagged down OPP officers around 4:30 p.m. on Friday.

Dryden town council has approved a $1.8 million contract that will improve seven kilometres of road along Highway 17. Motorists on the highway have had to deal with potholes in all three lanes of traffic.

A Thunder Bay woman who was struck by a vehicle Sunday morning on Blindline Road remains in the intensive care unit of the hospital.

Shooting stars can best be seen in the night sky once the clock strikes midnight Sunday.

Michael Griffin didn’t want a car for his 16th birthday. He wanted a straitjacket. “Ever since I was a little kid, I always wanted to be what you saw on television. I wanted to be that guy who got tied up or shackled and then got out.

Fred Eaglesmith only likes to play small music festivals these days. That’s a good thing, since the southern Ontario musician is slated to play the Live from the Rock folk festival in Red Rock this weekend.

The repairs continue on the James Street swing bridge, this time in the southboud lane. But motorists won't have to wait too long for the bridge to reopen. The aging swing bridge is being repaired by CN Rail.