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The top issue on the minds of most Thunder Bay-Superior North candidates as the May 2 federal election approaches is jobs and the economy. “That’s the heart of everything,” said Yves Fricot (Lib., Thunder Bay-Superior North).

Officials with Thunder Bay Hydro say they didn't detect any signs of energy conservation during Earth-Hour. Residents across the globe were encouraged to turn off their lights from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.

An investigator from the Fire Marshal’s Office is looking into the cause of a suspicious fire at an apartment building in the city’s south end.

The cost of delivering and purchasing flowers could mean big changes to the Canadian Cancer Society’s longstanding Daffodil Day fundraiser. The cancer society started the Daffodil Day fundraiser in Toronto in 1957.

The lone Thunder Bay contestant in a national spelling bee has finished in ninth place out of 21 contestants.

With more than 17 films to see, movie patrons say the biggest problem at this year’s annual Northwest Film Fest is deciding which one to pick. Film buffs and movie patrons lined up at the Silvercity Famous Players Theatre on Sunday.

With a federal election set for May 2, most residents say they aren’t happy that they’re heading to polls this spring.

Police charged a 17-year-old-boy with assault with a weapon after he allegedly pulled a knife on a bouncer. Thunder Bay Police Service officers say a fight broke out between the 17-year-old and a bouncer outside a Victoria Avenue bar on Saturday.

Sheila Robertson’s mother always told her to go jump in a lake. On Saturday, she jumped in to a river instead. Robertson and about 70 other participants took the 2011 Polar Plunge in support of the Special Olympic Games.

The more a community participates in grassroots projects the healthier it becomes, says the economic development officer of Aroland First Nation.