Local News

The city’s proposed budget is moving in the right direction but plans to follow through with a proposed water rate increase is a concern, the mayor said Friday. A 14.3 per cent increase is proposed for the 2011 budget.

Marathon Mayor Rick Dumas says his community is eagerly awaiting a decision on its application to become a Local Forest Management Corporation pilot project.

An increase in provincial funding will help Thunder Bay curb gang activity, says the city’s police chief.

The city is neglecting its roads, a city councillor said after looking at the proposed 2011 municipal budget. Coun.

After four years of sitting at tables littered with graffiti and gum stuck to the bottoms, Colleen Hogan said it was time for a change in the Chancellor Paterson Library.

This winter students in two First Nations communities will get the chance to take a look at life through a camera lens.

Fred Gilbert admits that high-profile name or not, his first stab at provincial politics is a long shot.

Sometimes even a mayor needs a magical horse to get through the day. On Thursday that’s just how Mayor Keith Hobbs started his morning, taking time to read to an enthusiastic Grade 2 class at C.D.

The city’s 2011 proposed budget has been released to the public. Councillors received their copies of the proposed budget Wednesday, but a copy is now available online at the city’s website .

Two would-be burglars picked the wrong house to break into early Thursday morning. Retired police officer Peter Toohey said he and his wife Dona were sleeping on the second floor of their two-storey home at about 4 a.m.