Local News

Thunder Bay Insurance and Gillons’ Insurance Brokers in Fort Frances have merged. The merger makes the two companies now one of the largest independently-owned insurance brokerage in Northwestern Ontario.

Fort William Historical Park may seem like an odd fit for a celestial observatory, but the two actually go hand-in-hand, says a park spokesman.

Margaret Hajdinjak scans the obituaries out of habit. And almost every time she does, she spots another victim of suicide, staring back at her from the page.

An Atikokan man is dead following a fatal single-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle. The incident happened on Saturday night on Highway 622 about 14 kilometers north of Atikokan.

City police are reminding motorists that if they are caught moving into bike lanes, they’ll be tagged with a $125 fine. The rules surrounding roads with bike lanes take effect Tuesday in Thunder Bay. Traffic Sgt.

A senior’s dance group brought the Cabaret to the Port Arthur Prosvita in support of the Alzheimer’s Society. The band of women took the stage at the Prosvita at the second Dance for Memories fundraising event.

Bollywood entertainment is coming to this year’s Folklore Festival. The lineup for the annual multicultural event was announced at the Intercity Shopping Centre on Saturday. Dancers gave audiences a taste of what was in stored next weekend.

The Greenbank Trio can’t count. Or at least that’s what people in the crowd sometimes yell before the oddly-named quartet takes the stage.

An eight-year-old-girl has recieved minor injuries after being struck by a car. Police and EMS responded to a call about a collision at the intersection of James Street and Frederica Street after 4:30 p.m Saturday.

The mother of the man who died in explosion at a Terrace Bay pulp mill last year says she hopes her son’s death shows that workplace fatalities can happen to anyone.