Local News

Illegal cigarette sales are on the rise in the city, says the CEO of a retailers association.

City council has picked the eight committee members that will handle the Thunder Bay Disaster Relief Fund. Council approved the eight-member committee at Monday night’s council meeting following in camera discussions.

Residents of Hillcourt Estates cheered as city council took the mobile home park off the surplus list Monday night. The majority of council voted in favour of the resolution at Monday night’s regular scheduled council meeting at city hall.

The chief of Webequie First Nation says the situation with junior mining company Noront Resources Ltd was all a misunderstanding.

A section of the upcoming provincial budget bill would be extremely dangerous to the public sector, union officials say.

Charges have been laid in an alleged human smuggling case at the Pigeon River border. The incident that led to the charges took place on May 7 when three foreign nationals crossed the river into Canada.

An East End man has been charged with assault after allegedly chasing a neighbour with a pick axe. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say the incident began with a verbal confrontation between two neighbours on Hargrave Street.

Three teens have been charged in connection with the vandalism of a school in the city.

The city seems to be turning a corner as flood recovery efforts continue. Capacity at the Atlantic Avenue plant continues to increase with two more 800 horsepower motors ready for testing Monday.

Officials with the Ministry of Natural Resources say it was a quiet Sunday for fire activity in the Northwest. While four new fires were reported in this region Saturday, no new fires were confirmed for Sunday.