Local Sports

Since 2005, the PGA Tour has doubled its charitable donations, a total that’s reached $2 billion in 2014. The PGA Tour Canada and the Staal Foundation Open, the tour’s Thunder Bay stop, hope to carry on that legacy locally.

There will be local flavor on the Border Cats roster this summer. Outfielder Carter McEachern, in the midst of an outstanding sophomore season at San Antonio’s Trinity University, has agreed to return to the Cats after a 10-game stint in 2013.

Susan McDonald has unfinished business in Boston. A year ago she was mere minutes away from the finish line of the Boston Marathon when homemade bombs went off in Copley Square.

Brock Curtis is out as coach of Lakehead University’s wrestling team. The school announced Monday they’ve parted ways with Curtis, who served as coach of the team for the past five seasons.

The Thunder Bay Queens fell short of the podium at their provincial championships.

The Thunder Bay Queens have come up short in their quest for midget AA provincial gold.

Spring is starting to bloom and for a group of athletes that means it’s time to put the skates away and grab a lacrosse stick.

It’s always best to close a long season with some fun. For the Thunder Bay Figure Skating Club, their annual Stars on Ice show is a celebration of the work put in by the skaters throughout the course of the season.

The Thunder Bay Queens continue to roll at the Ontario Women's Hockey Association provincial championships. The midget AA Sportop Queens clinched their round robin division with a 2-0 victory over the Brantford Ice Cats on Friday evening.

The Lakehead Thunderwolves volleyball team has added one new piece to the puzzle for next season. The Thunderwolves officially announced their first recruitment of the off-season, snagging Ottawa-product Leah Mousseau.