Local News

THUNDER BAY -- Wayne Fletcher is assuring donations to the Disaster Relief Fund will go to deserving individuals who suffered a great disaster.

FORT FRANCES, Ont. -- The OPP has confirmed that the death of a man discovered in the community last week is a homicide. A worker at the Mid Town Motel contacted police last Friday after discovering the body in a room at the business.

THUNDER BAY -- Lakehead University continues to move its law school forward, a task president Brian Stevenson says is the institute’s biggest accomplishment of the last year.

THUNDER BAY -- Police are investigating a break-in at the former Hillcrest High School. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say the break-in took place at the now Thunder Bay Centre of Change at 96 High Street North.

THUNDER BAY -- City transit will be making some changes to its evening and Sunday bus schedules. The city announced the changes, stating that the adjusted services will better reflect on-route driving times, via a news release Thursday.

THUNDER BAY -- The area's construction season saw a big boost in apartment construction last month.

THUNDER BAY -- The district's health unit is renewing its call for people to get their flu shots.

Chatter on Twitter and Facebook along with water cooler banter may make Canadians appear more excited about a U.S. election than their own.

Using Operation Red Nose makes everyone safer its new chair says. Anyone drinking over the holiday season can get themselves and their vehicle home safe by usin g the service, now in its fourth year.

THUNDER BAY -- The city’s transit and fleet service is thinking of leaving historical trolley buses out in the cold.