Local News

A local teacher charged with sexual assault will appear in court again next month. Luc Despres, 46, appeared at the Thunder Bay Court of Justice on Arthur Street on Tuesday. A provincial court judge adjourned the matter until Aug. 23.

Police are investigating a suspected arson case. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say home owners at a North Franklin Street residence woke up around 2 a.m. to noises outside.

City of Thunder Bay burning permits will be suspended until further notice starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Police have two people in custody following a south side robbery. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say the robbery took place around 8 p.m. Monday. A lone male threatened to shoot an employee at Barb's Laundromat on May Street.

The City of Thunder Bay will soon have a new man in charge of major construction projects.

Some called it a rusted steel structure with lights. Others said it looked like a windmill without a propeller. But most councillors agreed it was art as city council approved the waterfront art installation.

A Thunder Bay-based junior mining company’s three-month dispute with Constance Lake First Nation is over.

Sunday’s heat wave broke a nine-year-old record for the hottest temperature on July 17. Temperatures reached 33.7 C on Sunday, which broke the previous record of 33.4 C in 2002. With the Humidex, the temperature felt more like 45 C.

A group of local citizens are planning a counter demonstration to a planned PETA protest outside a local business Wednesday.

City police have found a 14-year-old woman they announced had been missing.