Local News

One of the oldest motels along Arthur Street is about to come crashing down. The former Ritz Motel was purchased by Bruno's Contracting over a year ago. The company is now salvaging the old bricks and preparing the building for demolition next week.

Lady luck was on the side of one local women Tuesday morning as she won a trip courtesy of the Regis and Kelly show's Travel Trivia game.

With 14 forest fires in the region this spring, fire management supervisor Dave Manol said the Ministry of Natural Resources fire crews are at the same preparedness level they’re normally at by the end of May.

One man is dead and another remains in hospital following a two vehicle collision near Manitouwadge. The crash occurred Tuesday afternoon on a remote camp road north of the community when two pickups struck head-on on the crest of a hill.

A local developer will have to go back to the drawing board to find a water supply for a proposed 22-unit gated subdivision he wants to build next to the Bare Point Water treatment plant in Shuniah.

On the eve of a planned presentation to council by the company planning to erect 18 wind turbines on the Nor’Wester Mountain range, its opponents called it a potential financial disaster for the city.

The owner of the May Street Dairy Queen is relieved that city council has turned aside a recommendation to close a portion of the street this summer to make repairs to an aging bridge.

Between two to three acres of brush were destroyed by a grass fire near a bike path off County Boulevard late Monday afternoon.

Fire crews were called to the Fort William First Nation Sunday to deal with a blaze at a convenience store and gar bar. Just before 8 a.m., crews were called to Squaw Bay Road and arrived to find Grandpa's Convenience Store up in flames.

Within a week or two, Leo Hunnakko will have dozens of ripened tomatoes ready for the picking. He’s also been harvesting lettuce, spinach, green onions and radishes since Christmas.