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A public forum held Wednesday evening aimed to help area residents better manage their credit cards and consumer debt loads.

Water rates will likely increase after council included a new rate structure in the city’s proposed 2010 operating budget Wednesday night. Currently the annual charge is $107.32 for a home or duplex with $1.

The Neebing Fire Station remains on lockdown a week after dangerous amounts of mould were discovered inside the building. The mould was uncovered during a routine inspection last Wednesday.

A Toronto man has been arrested following a drug bust by the Thunder Bay Police Service's Community Response team. Officers arrested the man after his vehicle was stopped at the intersection of Syndicate Avenue and Walsh Street Tuesday around 6 p.m.

Police identified the two victims of a fatal highway crash that took place Wednesday afternoon. Raymond Buhr, 64, and Joann Buhr, 62, both of Geraldton, died after a passenger vehicle collided with a transport truck on Highway 17.

The waiting game continues for students attending Confederation College and other colleges across Ontario as a looming labour dispute remains unsettled.

A campaign by Ontario’s unionized labour force wants to pressure the province to focus on job creation before tackling its multi-billion dollar deficit.

Thunder Bay Hydro is warning residents that a telemarketing campaign selling energy-saving devices is likely a scam.

Premier Dalton McGuinty says the provincial government is doing everything it can to inform residents about HST.

A decrease in property tax has increased slightly after a city meeting Tuesday night. A proposed tax increase of 1.88 per cent had been reduced to 1.