Local News

A Thunder Bay resident was given keys to a brand new car Wednesday after his ballot was chosen in a nation-wide contest. Mr. Lube officials presented Blain Boyd with a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid.

Thunder Bay will have almost 200 more people looking for work after StarTek announced Wednesday it will close its doors at the end of March.

One person remains in the hospital in serious condition following a Tuesday night stabbing outside a south side bar. Thunder Bay Police Service officers responded to the reported stabbing.

As water consumption drops, the city has to find new revenue sources to pay for rising infrastructure costs. On Tuesday night city council heard the money might be taken off the backs of local ratepayers.

Lakehead Public Schools is growing with the amalgamation of two new schools.

Tembec officials are calling it an emergency situation after a chemical spill in Marathon over the weekend.

A Thunder Bay man charged in a 2007 homicide found out Tuesday he will stand trial on the charges. A preliminary hearing for 22-year-old Mervin Spence concluded at the Ontario Court of Justice.

Thunder Bay fire crews were busy last night responding to a structural fire on John Street Road. Just after 10 p.m., five pumpers and a ladder truck arrived on scene to find a garage shop engulfed in flames.

Conservation Authority officials are worried that vandals are increasingly using Conservation Areas as targets for destruction.

Dougall Media officials confirmed Tuesday they are in affiliation discussions with CanWest Global. This follows a CRTC application to disaffiliate CHFD from the CTV network.