Police are probing another stabbing. They say a woman suffering from a wound to the shoulder made it safely to the Mac's Store on May Street last night around 9 o'clock. She was taken to the Health Sciences Centre and was expected to be released after treatment. The incident took place on Cameron Street and police are looking for a 20 to 30 year old female suspect.
City Councillor Rebecca Johnson is back from Quebec. Johnson and a local delegation presented at an international conference on "Age Friendly Communities". Johnson says worldwide senior issues include transportation, housing and safety. 127 Countries were represented at the conference that was held earlier this week.
A May 2012 crash involving a stolen vehicle has put a Thunder Bay man in jail for two years. 20-year Shane Kolody was sentenced after pleading guilty to a charge of dangerous driving causing death and two charges of theft. Kolody was driving a stolen pickup truck when he collided with a car on Northern Avenue driven by 67-year old Martin John Amos. Amos died at the scene.
There were no delays for classes this morning at St. Martin's School. City fire crews responded to the school on Mary Street just before 8 o'clock this morning to a report of a strong smell of chlorine coming from an area of the building. It turned out to be only a leaky battery from a computer.
The Vermillion Bay woman whose vehicle collided with two horses on Highway 17 near Dryden has passed away from her injuries. The 38 year old was sent on the weekend to Thunder Bay hospital for treatment but OPP say she succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday night.
Thunder Bay Police are auctioning off unclaimed property Thursday night. 2 large screen tvs, a chainsaw, a motorized golf cart, and 125 bikes are up for grabs. The event kicks off at 6:30 at the police station on Balmoral.
New fees for some cancer patients in northwestern Ontario next month. The Canadian Cancer Society is implementing a 100-dollar one-time registration fee for patients who use its transportation services. Regional Director Barbara Spencer says not all patients will be impacted. Spencer says the fees are necessary to offset the rising costs of the program and increased demand.
The City is hoping a delegation from Lakehead University will stop by our sister city Jiaozou when it pays a visit to China this fall. Councillor Aldo Ruberto was part of a delegation that took a trip recently and says there's an opportunity for Confederation College and Lakehead University to partner with that City's University. Ruberto adds the two communities share a strong mining industry and the City will be exploring partnerships in that area as well.
Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a plane crash in the Kenora area. Police say the Osprey Float plane went down in Black Sturgeon Lake around 4:30 Tuesday afternoon. Witnesses say the pilot was practicing touch and go takeoffs and landings, but ended up losing control of the aircraft and made contact with the water. The OPP say the pilot sustained minor injuries and the plane received some damage.
Work is underway to build a new fire hall on West Frederica Street to replace the Brown Street station. Fire Chief John Hay says when it's complete the area will be better served with six minute response times. Today's groundbreaking for the Westfort firehall also signalled the start of construction on a new Neebing station.
The board of the Christmas Cheer campaign is reaching back into the past for its new chair. Joleene Kemp was elected on Monday to head this year's campaign following Linda Gambee's resignation last week.
With one roadblock now removed, Cliffs Natural Resources is looking forward to continuing its quest to open a chromite mine in the Ring of Fire mining development. Company spokesperson Jason Aagenes says with the Matawa First Nations dropping its environmental legal challenges there is more room for optimism. The company says it still has some land issues to settle and environmental approval from the provincial government.
First it was Marten Falls First Nation, now it's the entire Matawa First Nations that has decided to end it's court review of Cliff's Natural Resources Chromite Project. The case was set to be heard by the Federal Court in mid-September. The organization says they never wanted a judge to decide their future.
A city council member of the CLE board of directors thinks it may be time to rethink having alcohol available during board meeting nights. Speaking on Giant Mornings with John Ongaro, Ken Boshcoff reaffirmed his stand that alcohol is not served during actual meetings, but admitted, there's merit to discussing removing it altogether. He says in changing times it's something that should be considered and he was planning on raising it.
It doesn't look like the coming months will be good for job seekers in Thunder Bay. In the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey local employers felt it was going to be a slow fourth quarter of 2013. 10 percent of employers plan to hire, while 13 percent expect to make cutbacks. Another 73 percent plan to maintain their current staffing levels and only four percent are unsure of their hiring intentions.
The City is approving the purchase of a new Panasonic laptops and tablets for City Police. Council gave its approval Monday night. The cost of the new technology is over 95-thousand dollars.
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine is welcoming a new Research Chair. Dr. Sheldon Tobe is the new Heart and Stroke Foundation chair in Aboriginal and Rural Health.
Provincial Police have confirmed the death of a Vermilion Bay race car driver. OPP say 67-year-old Bill Reimer left the track of the Emo Speedway Saturday night and was found unresponsive inside the vehicle. Emergency crews removed Reimer from the race car and tried to resuscitate him. Police are treating the incident as a sudden death.
Today's Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week - Police are looking for help in locating two unique rings that were stolen from a vehicle along with other items overnight on August 22nd on Sillsdale Crescent. Stolen was a 1998 Calgary Stampeders Grey Cup ring with the name "Anderson" and the number "92" engraved on it. The ring is valued 10-thousand dollars. A Shriners ring, with the name "Anderson" engraved on it was also stolen. The second ring is valued at one-thousand dollars. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of these items is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
Marina Park will be hosting the Kidney Foundation's fundraising walk today. The walk gets underway at 9:45 a.m. this morning. Money raised goes towards education, patient support programs and research.
Police are searching for a man who robbed a taxi in the east end yesterday morning. The suspect was last seen fleeing the area of Simpson Street on foot. An undisclosed amount of money was taken and the cab driver did not require medical attention.
The local national representative for Canada's newest and largest private sector union says it's time to move forward. The Canadian Auto Workers and Canadian Energy and Paperworkers Union officially merged to become Unifor. Stephen Boon says their members will see a more aggressive approach in the months ahead. Unifor now represents almost 7-thousand members in Northwestern Ontario primarily in forestry, health care, manufacturing, and transportation.
