Local News

A large amount of stolen property has been recovered by Marathon OPP following a traffic stop Thursday. Officers pulled over a vehicle on Highway 17 just east of Marathon that was found to have been stolen in Calgary.

The Grinch is alive and well in Thunder Bay. On Thursday night she struck the Salavation Army Christmas Kettle campaign’s counting centre, making off with about stack of bills worth about $490.

A woman was taken to hospital early Thursday for possible smoke inhalation treatment, after a blaze swept through a West Frederica Street apartment unit.

Three people were wounded in the Cook County courthouse in Grand Marais after a 42-year old man opened fire Thursday. The suspected gunman was a defendant in a criminal sexual conduct case, and was arrested and is now in custody in Grand Marais.

A Schreiber OPP officer continues to wait for his sentence, related to a series of incidents that took place last year. Const.

New security measures put in place at Mac’s Convenience Stores in Thunder Bay seem to be having the desired effect, says the company’s vice president of operations for central Canada.

People don’t have to feel guilty about using a real tree to decorate in their homes for the holiday season, says the Ministry of Natural Resources.

The OPP is looking for the public’s assistance in solving a two-year-old mystery. The body of an unidentified female was found in a tent in a wooded area in Kenora in June 2009.

Leaders in Attawapiskat have filed an injunction to stop the federal government’s decision to put third party management in charge of the community’s finances.

Maclean’s Magazine released its chart of the most dangerous cities in Canada in 2010. Thunder Bay ranks 17th on the list, which puts it 36 percent above the country’s average crime rate.