Local News

The Northwest Region’s OPP detachment was reporting a quiet holiday weekend as of Sunday evening.

The city’s Eye on the Street program received praise for protecting people and property at a recent city council meeting, but many who frequent the area say the cameras don’t help them feel any safer.

Police say two young men beat and robbed a 50-year-old man on the city’s south side early Monday morning. Thunder Bay Police Service officers say they responded to the area of Dease and McKenzie streets around 7 a.m.

With the sounds of the accordion and smells of Italy’s famous cuisine hitting the air, Festa Italiana took over Algoma Street Sunday afternoon.

Residents walking near Birch Point will here "Fore!" coming out of the woods now that the city has created a disc golf course. The 18-hole course was set up over the Spring with target baskets installed earlier this Summer.

Police are looking for three suspects after a man was assaulted on the city’s South side Sunday morning. A 33-year-old man told police he was walking on Arthur Street when he was attacked by three men.

The town of Sioux Lookout has moved one step closer to banning plastic bags. During the most recent council meeting, a second reading of the controversial bill was passed.

Thunder Bay's Eye on the Street program is being credited for its protection to people and property in the City. Eye on the Street was first launched in November 2005 and this past Monday, city councillors received a review of the 2009 statistics.

A two month long billboard campaign aimed at solving a 44-year-old double murder cold case, is coming to an end. The Ontario Provincial Police launched the campaign on May 31 with three billboards and five bus signs posted around the City.

Thousands of artifacts estimated to be 9,000 years old have been found in what has been called one of the most significant archeological finds in Northern Ontario in an area behind the McKenzie Inn on Highway 11/17.