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Local police have been trying to address what seems to be a growing speeding problem in Thunder Bay The traffic department of the Thunder Bay Police Service has been conducting speeding blitzes for the last two weeks.

The province officially named Paul Godfrey as the new chairman of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation Friday.

Nisnawbe-Aski Nation’s leaders are dismissing a recently published article that suggests remote First Nation communities that are struggling economically should be relocated closer to larger urban centres.

Olympic fever is spreading with Holy Cross School being the latest to be bitten by the sports bug Friday.

The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario contributed more than $250,000 to fund two studies investigating low breastfeeding rates among Aboriginal women, and slip and falls by patients at the region’s hospital.

A study of the watershed surrounding Thunder Bay is ready for public consultation. For the first time, a comprehensive assessment has been done on the 11,526-square kilometre Lakehead Source Protection Area.

After a month-long protest, some members of Matawa First Nations continue to block access points to the mining development known as the ring of fire.

Recently, Thunder Bay Television (CHFD) underwent a major change that has had significant implications for our loyal viewers.

An outspoken police union president may hang up his gun and throw down the gauntlet in this year’s mayoral race.

Art connects people to nature and the world around them, says nine-year-old Phoebe Kine. The Grade 4 St. Bernard’s School student said art also allows minds young and old alike to create their own vision of the world and how they see it.