Local News

WAWA, Ont. -- Police have closed Highway 17 at Wawa after high levels of water eroded portions of the roadway, an event that forced the municipality to declare a state of emergency.

FORT FRANCES, Ont. – Police continue to search for a boater from Mitaanjigaming First Nation.

THUNDER BAY -- Cliffs Natural Resources is hoping to have the environmental assessment on its proposed chromite mine in the Ring of Fire approved by mid 2014.

THUNDER BAY -- A group of local chiropractors were on a mission to feed the hungry Thursday.

THUNDER BAY -- Sarah Campbell says Queen’s Park is not Premier Dalton McGuinty’s toy.

THUNDER BAY -- Police confirmed Thursday they are investigating a suspicious death. The body of a 52-year-old man was discovered in a Belton Street home Thursday morning around 10 a.m. by emergency responders.

THUNDER BAY -- An alcohol management program in the city is already seeing success after its first six months.

THUNDER BAY -- Police say they were erring on the side of caution when officers blocked off a section of Shuniah Street Thursday.

THUNDER BAY -- Police seized nearly $17,000 worth of drugs after searching a South Franklin Street home Wednesday. Police officers with the combined forces organized crime unit searched the home in the 100 block of South Franklin Street.

THUNDER BAY -- Thursday’s Special Olympics Torch Run was all about celebrating the athletes, says the organization’s community volunteer co-ordinator.