Thunder Bay

• Ontario First Nation leaders call for disbandment of Thunder Bay police

  First Nation leaders are renewing calls to dissolve the Thunder Bay police as the force's former leadership faces charges in a widening misconduct probe.

  Canada

  Apr 22
  
• ‘Huge loss’: Fire destroys band office in northern Ontario First Nation

  Nishnawbe Aski Police says its crime unit is now investigating Thursday's early morning fire at the North Spirit Lake band office and a nearby abandoned home.

  Fire

  Apr 6
  
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• Thunder Bay getting $20.7 million from Ottawa to fast-track housing development

  The northern Ontario city of Thunder Bay is set to receive $20.7 million in federal funding to help fast-track housing development.

  Politics

  Feb 29
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• Customers to show ID at select LCBO stores as part of controlled entrance pilot

  In a move to combat theft, the LCBO will require some customers to present photo identification to security before entering at six Ontario stores as part of a new pilot program.

  Consumer

  Feb 13
• First call to police wasn’t for ‘violence in home’, says SIU in probe into woman’s death

  The victim’s family in Ontario identified her to Global News as Jenna Ostberg, a 21-year-old First Nations woman. Thunder Bay police has yet to respond.

  Crime

  Jan 12
• ‘Enough is enough’: Native group lambastes lack of police response in Ontario woman’s death

  The Native Women's Association of Canada is calling out the lack of police response after a woman from Thunder Bay, Ont. died after police allegedly did not respond to a 911 call.

  Crime

  Jan 10
• Ontario woman found dead after police allegedly don’t respond to 911 call

  Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is looking into the death of a woman in Thunder Bay, Ont., after they say the local police force didn't respond to a domestic call.

  Crime

  Jan 4
• Thunder Bay, Ont., man gets 5-year sentence for role in Norval Morrisseau art fraud

  A man who played a key role in a wide-reaching case of art fraud involving Norval Morrisseau's paintings was handed a five-year sentence on Thursday.

  Crime

  Dec 14, 2023
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• Thunder Bay, Ont., police officer charged with assault after OPP investigation

  A Thunder Bay, Ont., police officer has been charged with assault after an investigation by provincial police.

  Crime

  Dec 6, 2023
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• After thousands of kilometres burned, Ontario wildfire season is starting to wind down

  A wildfire that had been burning northeast of Thunder Bay and is expected to cap off one of the worst forest fire seasons on record appears to finally be on its way to being out.

  Canada

  Oct 31, 2023