Local News

Four short lines in the Ontario budget about the Ring of Fire isn’t enough for mining companies to hang their hats on, says the head of the Ontario Prospector’s Association.

The Northwest Local Health Integration Network has laid out a blueprint for its 10-year plan to reduce health-care costs. Officials with the Northwest LHIN announced the plan during a teleconference Wednesday.

A hockey tournament in Sioux Lookout had more action off the ice than on. The event was held between March 12 and March 18. Officials with the OPP say officers responded to nearly 300 calls during those dates. Eight of those 300 calls were assaults.

A routine traffic stop on the Trans-Canada highway has resulted in a drug bust. OPP officers from the Marathon detachment pulled over a vehicle Tuesday on Highway 17 in Pic Township.

A locally-based group has purchased two of the largest privately-held parcels of land on the Bowman Island in Lake Superior. The Thunder Bay Field Naturalist announced its purchase in a news release issued to media Wednesday morning.

Some local officials were surprised the Ring of Fire was largely absent from Tuesday’s provincial budget.

Women members of the RCMP have taken their first step in a class action lawsuit against the Canada’s police force. RCMP Const. Janet Merlo filed the lawsuit in British Columbia Tuesday at the Supreme Court of Justice.

City police are investigating cases of debit card skimming Thunder Bay Police Service officers have received complaints about unauthorized cash withdrawals from a number of accounts in Thunder Bay.

The shipping season is underway and as busy as anyone can remember. Up to 14 ships are expected to arrive in the city in the next few days, the start of what Guy Jarvis says looks like a promising year at the Thunder Bay Port Authority.

A single vehicle crash Tuesday morning near White River has claimed the life of a 50-year-old man. Officials with the OPP say the incident took place around 9 a.m. on Highway 17, about two kilometres south of the community.