Local News

A former city hospital is a welcome stop-gap measure for seniors awaiting construction of 132 supportive housing units for the Centre of Excellence for Integrated Seniors’ Services.

Police in Terrace Bay made a quick arrest following a weekend armed robbery in that community. Officials with the OPP say the arrest followed the theft of cash from an employee of the Imperial Bar and Motel around 11 p.m. Saturday.

With countless youth dropping out of school, Matawa First Nations CEO David Paul Achneepineskum wants to improve access to education and training for his people.

Nickname: Goldylocks Pet Peeve: People who park in the staff lot Voted Most Likely to: Get a ticket for parking in the staff lot Future Plans: To be in a Pert Plus commercial Favourite Saying: Watch the hair! Celebrity Crush: Farrah Fawcett

Nicole McKay just wants a place she and her family can call home. Thanks to Habitat for Humanity’s active search to include an Aboriginal family in its Thunder Bay program, the McKay family’s wish has come true.

A snowy rooftop hideout only delayed the inevitable for an alleged break-and-enter artist.

Police in Kenora had to use a spike belt Sunday morning to stop two Thunder Bay men who were later arrested and charged for trafficking narcotics.

Charles Wilkins isn’t backing down. With just more than a month to go, the local author says he still intends to row across the Atlantic Ocean – a 3,000-mile trek that begins off the coast of Morocco and concludes in Barbados.

It appears that winter has arrived. The light snow that began to fall in the area just before 5 p.m. Saturday marks what could be nearly a week of more winter-like weather for Thunder Bay.

Four people were injured following a two-vehicle highway crash Saturday. Depsite wet snow and rain, OPP Sgt. Ted Becker said that weather played no role in the collision that took place at Highway 102 at Townline Road just after 4 p.m. Saturday.