Local News

The search continues for a hit-and-run suspect near Marathon. Police say a helicopter was brought in Monday to help find 23-year-old Ibrahim Sendagire from Edmonton.

Officers from the Thunder Bay detachment of the OPP responded to a pair of incidents around Nolalu Sunday evening. The first incident involved a motorcycle the crashed off the highway at about 6:45 p.m.

Katherine Dugmore is taking a medical leave of absence and will step down temporarily from her position as the waterfront project manager, the city confirmed Monday.

The city’s streets will be cleaned of winter debris, but it’s taking a little longer than expected, says the roads division manager. Brad Adams laid the blame at Mother Nature’s feet.

The forest fire that forced an evacuation of a northern First Nation community is now nearly 66,000 hectares in size, reports Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources. An evacuation order for the area around Sioux Lookout Fire no.

A man involved in an industrial incident at the MacKenzie Bridge in Shuniah has died, a Ministry of Labour spokesman confirmed.

Usually people look for sunken treasure but a group of scuba divers instead searched for trash at the bottom of Silver Harbour on Sunday. About 20 volunteers went into the chilly water of Lake Superior for the second Eco-Dive.

A 12-week-old puppy, allegedly beaten by its previous owner, is recovering after her first round of surgery last week, the owner of New Hope Dog Rescue reports.

Sondi Ryersee says when it comes to sailing it’s better to be safe than sorry. That’s why Ryersee, a commanding officer with the Canadian Coast Guard in Thunder Bay, had her ship the CCD Cape Chaillon blessed.

There’s a sheet of clouds beginning to cover the dirt air strip where pilots Terry Brooks and Dan Strevel need to land their plane. They’re flying to Big Trout Lake and they don’t have many options.