Local News

Jessica Sharpe was horrified Monday morning when she did her paper route.

Thunder Bay city council has approved a new four-year deal with about 700 of its municipal employees. CUPE Local 87 workers will receive a 1.75 per cent wage increase on Jan. 1 of each year of the agreement.

A local sawmill is the latest casualty of the flooding situation. The Resolute Forest Products lumber mill on the Fort William First Nation has been forced to shut down for at least two days because of road closures in their woodland areas.

Kevin Johnson was laid off from Bombardier in 2003 when the local plant was down to about 250 employees.

While progress is being made, it will still be at least a day before the city knows what’s wrong with its sewage treatment plant and that’s only if the rain holds off.

Harvard-educated Lee Stuesser is Lakehead University’s founding dean of law, school president Brian Stevenson announced Tuesday.

The city wants to assure the public that its tap water is safe to drink despite the recent floods. The Thunder Bay District Health Unit and City of Thunder Bay issued a news release Tuesday morning stating that the city’s tap water was safe.

City council gave their blessing to build a controversial subdivision along Mountain Road. Council voted in favour of a planned 25-lot development subdivision at Monday night’s meeting, with Neebing Ward Coun.

Last year Habitat for Humanity volunteers put in 11,000 hours helping to build homes in Thunder Bay. “That’s huge. We can’t do it without volunteers at Habitat,” said CEO Diane Mitchell.

City council has agreed to do business with the owners of a local art shop in order to have an arts centre at Prince Arthur’s Landing.