Local News

Canada Day has a slightly different flavour this year, but will be just as fun, say organizers from several different groups putting events on throughout the day on Thursday.

The man known as the Emperor of the North has died at the age of 81.

Some residents in the city’s south core say they're scared because armed robberies, drugs, drunks and prostitutes are commonplace near their homes. In the past month convenience stores near the Victoriaville Mall area have been robbed several times.

Stan Beardy knows education is the way of the future for his people.

Anglers discovered 4,600-year-old human remains near Big Trout Lake last fall that a Lakehead University archaeological team has discovered was a man that lived at the same time the Great Pyramids were being built in ancient Egypt.

OPP continue their search in the Rainy Lake area for a young man missing following a diving incident. According to Fort Frances detachment OPP officers, a group of friends jumped from a bridge on Highway 11 in the Bears Pass area.

More than 60 students from around the world have landed in Thunder Bay for this year's Shad Valley Program at Lakehead University.

Firefighters continue to investigate what they call a suspicious shed fire. The Thunder Bay Fire Service responded to the shed fire in the 800 block of McPherson Street Sunday around 6: 30 p.m.

Police arrested a suspect following a weekend assault and robbery on Walsh Street. Thunder Bay Police Service officers say they arrested and charged an 18-year-old man from Thunder Bay on Sunday just before 5:30 p.m.

With big blockbusters getting most of the attention, public awareness of other art forms could improve, says a local painter. Linda Dell moved to her Court Street studio three years ago to paint.