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THUNDER BAY – Growing up, like many Canadian children, Matt Murray dreamed of hoisting the Stanley Cup over his head.

Two facilities will need more than $2 million in upgrades to host next year’s U-18 Baseball World Cup but the tournament could be in jeopardy if provincial funding fails to come through.

(Fort Frances, ON) The Rainy River District Detachment Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in conjunction with Canadian National Railway Police (CNR) are currently investigating a pedestrian fatality involving a train. At 3:42 a.m.

THUNDER BAY – A local man is dead following a single-vehicle ATV crash. Thunder Bay detachment OPP officers and Superior North EMS responded to calls of an ATV rollover near the Cameron Lake Road area Monday afternoon.

THUNDER BAY – A mattress fire at a May Street South rooming house has residents scrambling to find temporary accommodations. Thunder Bay Fire Rescue was called to the former Odd Fellows Temple early on Tuesday morning.

Already with more than 50 kilometres of on-road active transportation infrastructure, the city continues to move forward with adding new routes. Council voted Monday night to move ahead with adding a 1.

Even with evidence the emerald ash borer has made its way to Thunder Bay, council is waiting to decide on a long-term plan on how to attempt to save the city’s trees.

(SIOUX LOOKOUT, ON) – A 37-year-old women who sustained life-threatening injuries during an assault earlier this month has died. The victim passed away on July 17, 2016 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.

City police responded to more than 181 criminal incidents during the week of Monday, July 11 through Sunday, July 17. Thunder Bay Police Service statistics are made available through crimereports.

OLIVER PAIPOONGE – A quarter-of-a-million dollars is a lot of money. The staggering figure, topping last year’s mark by about $60,000, is precisely what the Staal Foundation Open will be donating to local charities in 2016.