Local News

THUNDER BAY -- The Local Health Integration Network is injecting $300,000 into the region's hospital to help reduce gridlock.

THUNDER BAY -- As the prime minister met with the country’s First Nation leaders in Ottawa Friday, the Idle No More movement’s presence was felt in this city.

THUNDER BAY -- A 27-year-old Eabamatoong man who under investigation over his ties to a native gang has been taken into custody. Nishnawbe Aski Police say James Waboose was arrested on outstanding warrants at a Thunder Bay residence.

THUNDER BAY -- The local president of a teacher’s union says she’s disappointed the Ontario Labour Relations Board ruled a walkouts illegal. The OLRB made the decision at 4 a.m.

THUNDER BAY -- With fears surrounding an alleged racially motivated sexual assault late last year on a First Nations woman, the principal of Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School is taking a safety-first approach.

THUNDER BAY -- A local woman convicted of defrauding a local construction company of $200,000 will have to wait another six weeks to find out her sentence. Kerry Wirkkunen was found guilty of theft over $5,000 in September.

THUNDER BAY -- The province is moving forward with a project that aims to restore fish populations in Lake Superior's Black Bay.

Current River Coun. Andrew Foulds hopes the Municipal Golf Advisory Committee can find a way to save the struggling golf course.

THUNDER BAY -- Some parents aren’t too worried about what to do with their children if elementary school teachers go on strike Friday.

TORONTO, Ont. -- Officials with Porter Airlines say a strike by fuel workers won’t impact flights to or from Thunder Bay. The workers who fuel the Porter planes at the Toronto Island Airport will could be on strike by midnight Friday.