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THUNDER BAY -- A local business thinks more needs to be done to help them recycle and the city agrees.

THUNDER BAY -- A new year means more people resolving to get fit. The Canada Games Complex has been busier than normal, with more people purchasing memberships to try to make 2016 their healthiest year yet.

A windfall in provincial funding will support the Thunder Bay Agricultural Research Station while seeds are sowed toward a long-term solution.

Helen Rusnak loves her new view. The 97-year-old on Monday became the first resident at Hogarth Riverview Manor, a 416-bed, $83.6-million expansion of the existing 96-bed home.

OPP Media Update (PICKLE LAKE, ON) The Pickle Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) continues to search for a missing woman from Pickle Lake. The OPP is seeking the assistance of the public in locating the missing woman.

Thunder Bay had its mildest December on record in 2015, Environment Canada has confirmed. But that doesn’t mean this area will have a more comfortable than usual January.

OPP Media Release (FORT FRANCES, ON) – On January 1, 2016 at approximately 2:40 am, officers of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop near Portage Avenue South and First Street East

OPP Media Release (Geraldton, ON) The Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is advising the public of a hoax currently circulating in the Greenstone area.

It may have been a hockey event, but for many it was a second coming home for breakout musician Coleman Hell.

TORONTO - There is one winning ticket for the $23.8-million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 6-49 draw. The ticket was sold somewhere in Quebec. The jackpot for the next 6-49 draw on Jan. 6 will be approximately $5-million.