Local News

A local man has been charged with mischief after a standoff with police Wednesday night. Police responded to the 300 block of Bay Street around 9:30 p.m.

Residents of Shuniah say if it isn't broke don't fix it when it comes to a change in their address.

A stubborn fire at the old Abitibi Mission Mill kept firefighters busy for the majority of Wednesday afternoon. Crews responded to an automatic fire alarm at the City Road facility around 12 p.m. Wednesday.

Mark Covino is living proof that seatbelts save lives. In 1994 the Thunder Bay resident was traveling home with his sister from Chapleau along the Trans Canada highway when an 18-wheeler slid across the yellow line and struck his vehicle head on.

Law enforcement officers from across the region got a lesson in sobriety testing from some impaired volunteers Wednesday afternoon.

Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board wants public input on how it can solve its future financial issues, says the chair of the review panel. The WSIB panel held its public session at the Valhalla Inn on Wednesday.

The leader of the Conservative Party of Canada is coming to town. Moe Comuzzi-Stehmann, the party's candidate for Thunder Bay-Rainy River, said Stephen Harper will be at the DaVinci Centre on Monday evening.

Whenever Heather Donaghy saw one of her peers pick on another student at school, she had to step in. The Grade 12 Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute student wore a pink shirt in part of the annual Day of Pink on Wednesday.

Ignace residents are getting the opportunity to see first-hand what becoming the potential host site for the country's used nuclear waste will involve.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper could be making a campaign stop in Thunder Bay next week. A source within the Conservative Party says there's a "fair possibility" that Harper will be in Thunder Bay on Monday.