Local News

A local union president says the merging of two national unions is a necessity.

Police say it’s likely someone went through the ice on the Kaministiquia River in the past 24 hours, but it appears whoever it was got out on their own. Const.

The Lakehead Region Conservation Authority has decided to stick with experience on its board of directors. Bill Bartley was re-elected as chair of the LRCA at its annual general meeting last night.

Officials with the American company Pilot Flying J says they have no immediate plans to build their long-awaited truck stop and travel centre in Thunder Bay.

A 27-year-old Thunder Bay man is in custody facing drug charges after police seized 6.5 kilograms of marijuana from two boxes allegedly found in his 2004 pick-up truck.

Police continue to search for a missing Terrace Bay man who has been missing since Monday. Officers with the Schreiber detachment of the OPP are looking for Gregory Muckaday, 31, of Terrace Bay.

Some McIntyre Ward residents continue to voice their concerns about cross-Canada transport traffic on Dawson Road. The issue was the focus of a Ward meeting Wednesday night. Coun.

Long Lake First Nation is hosting more than 100 people for a three-day summit on prescription drug abuse. The goal is to share experiences and ideas on how to overcome the issue.

While some of his colleagues are lining up to host a golf-course fire sale, Current River Coun. Andrew Foulds says selling the municipal entities is nothing more than a knee-jerk reaction.

Phil Fontaine says a decent education is the solution to many problems that plague First Nation communities.