Local News

A pair of motorcycle collisions during the weekend has led police to issue a reminder for riders to stay safe on the roads.

Daycare owner Katherine Langen says she’s disappointed the County Boulevard splash pad remains dry. Langen started her daycare business in July and learned that the city planned to open the nearby splash pad this summer.

The James Street Swing Bridge and a section of Brown Street will be closed this week. In a news release issued by the City of Thunder Bay, officials say the closures are necessary for the rehabilitation of the CN Rail lines.

An old favourite and some new thrills will be coming to town at the Canadian Lakehead Exhibition this week. The 60-foot-tall Ring of Fire rollercoaster is back in the CLE skyline and right next to it is the new 110-foot Slingshot.

Police are investigating a plane crash on Pelican Lake. A Slate Falls Airways’ Cessna was carrying four passengers and the pilot when it crashed shortly after take-off on a sight-seeing flight around 2 p.m. Sunday.

Thinking of travelling to Italy over the long weekend? It’ll cost you. A quick search shows that a flight from Thunder Bay to Rome would be just under $2,000 round trip just for the airfare.

When Scottish immigrants came to this area, they wanted a way to remember their homeland in a new place. Some brought bagpipes, other drums, finding each other through the music of Scotland.

A man involved in a motorcycle crash on Oliver Road Friday night remains in critical condition. While the Thunder Bay Police Service continues its investigation, preliminary findings shows the 27-year-old motorcyclist left the roadway and crashed.

A motorcyclist has been sent to hospital with major injuries after a collision Saturday afternoon. The motorcycle, which was carrying a passenger, collided with a pickup truck near the intersection of John Street and Junot Avenue around 2 p.m.

Evacuees from Sandy Lake are heading home. More than 600 people from the First Nation community, 600 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay, were evacuated last week due to smoke from forest fires.