Local News

Thunder Bay’s city council is getting set to appoint an eight-member disaster relief committee. Council will meet in a closed session Monday to discuss the potential candidates who have come forward or been approached to fill the role.

With the city’s sewage plant nearing 50 per cent pumping capacity, public pools could reopen as soon as Tuesday.

Paramedics took a man to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre after he was found lying naked and bleeding on top of a roof.

Levi Sofea says he hopes his 13-year-old daughter doesn’t face the same racism and culture shock he experienced when he left his home community to go to school.

Levi Sofea says he hopes his 13-year-old daughter doesn’t face the same racism and culture shock he experienced when he left his home community to go to school.

Visual storyteller Roy Thomas left the dimensions of this world eight years ago. Yet his legacy of bright beautiful artwork remains alive in the here and now; in Ojibwa culture and belief connections reach both backward and forward.

Pups and pooches of all sizes took a stroll around Boulevard Lake for the 17th annual charity Leash-a-thon. All manner of dogs participated in this year’s fundraiser in support of local pet charities including the Pet Trust Fund.

Police are trying to locate two missing tourists from Wisconsin after they crossed the Canadian border on Thursday.

Police charged a 52-year-old for taking household items from flood victim’s homes. Thunder Bay Police Service officers charged the man Friday afternoon after he allegedly took items left outside.

The Cowboy Junkies are celebrating their 25th year together by doing the same old thing.