Local News

Iain Angus is stepping aside as chairman of the Thunder Bay District Social Service Administrative Board. Angus, who did not reoffer his name Thursday during annual DSSAB board elections, said it was time for new blood at the helm.

Michael Power is being remembered for not only working tirelessly for Geraldton and Greenstone, but for the entirety of Northwestern Ontario.

Robert Sugarhead’s shirt comes complete with a buttoned-up collar.

Another federal NDP leadership hopeful is making a campaign stop in Thunder Bay. Paul Dewar will be in the area Friday, attending several events and meeting with students, community leaders and party faithful.

Police arrested four people on drug-related charges in Sioux Lookout as a result of an investigation involving the Kenora Joint Forces Drug Unit.

Two weeks after a plane crash left four people dead, community members of North Spirit Lake First Nations remain skeptical about the safety of air travel in their area.

Local youth braved the bitter cold Thursday to create 36 black snow angels on the bank of the McIntyre River. The 36 angels represent the number of Canadians that die every day from a tobacco-related disease.

Michael Kelly says life with his common-law spouse was good before she disappeared 12 years ago. The jury selected for the first-degree murder case of Kelly watched a three hour interview Wednesday between the accused and OPP Det. Const.

Officials with the Buchanan Group are declining comment on reports the company's troubled Terrace Bay pulp mill is about to enter CCAA protection. Several sources along the North Shore with ties to the mill say the move is imminent.

Greenstone Mayor Renald Beaulieu says the time for talk has past.