Local News

Alexander Bunting just couldn’t wait to be born. Due at the end of the month, he gave mother Clarissa Wesley a New Year’s Eve surprise, deciding to enter the world a little earlier than planned. His arrival, at 7:05 a.m.

An area MPP thinks Northwestern Ontario’s economy started to snowball this year and shows no sign of stopping in 2011. But Michael Gravelle (Lib., Thunder Bay-Superior North) is quick to point out that there are still many obstacles along the way.

MP Bruce Hyer (NDP, Thunder Bay – Superior North) says his new year’s resolution is simple but not easy. Hyer said he wants to help bring jobs and prosperity back to Northwestern Ontario.

October’s municipal election results and rookie candidate Keith Hobbs’ mayoral victory beat out Horizon Wind Inc.’s lawsuit against the city, if only just barely, for tbnewswatch.com’s story of the year.

1 Transit City in limbo Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said he would like to stop Transit City, a project that includes an $8.15 billion light-rail network that utilizes mostly funds from Queen’s Park, and move forward with his subway plans instead.

Construction of the district’s social services board building is underway. District of Thunder Bay Social Services Administration Board chair Iain Angus said some of the foundation is already in place.

An unusually high number of gas bars have disappeared around the city this year, says a man responsible for removing them.

The Grey Bruce Medical Officer of Health says she’s had a change of heart regarding wind farms in residential areas.

1. Death at a dog park A chihuahua-mix dog died at the city’s Winnipeg Avenue off-leash dog park after allegedly being attacked by a larger dog that many believed was part pit bull, a breed now illegal in this province.

Thunder Bay’s Eye on the Street should be closed so money can be spent elsewhere, says the city’s mayor.