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A judge has denied the city’s request to have a legal matter involving Horizon Wind Inc. put on hold in favour of arbitration, and has also ordered the city to pay the company $15,000 in legal costs.

The freeze that followed Monday’s snowfall in the area made for some treacherous driving around Kakabeka Falls Tuesday morning. Highway 11-17 was reported to be extremely icy, causing for multiple accidents.

After a month delay in December, Thunder Bay Police Services Board members passed its $31.6 million budget in less than 10 minutes.

Mayor Keith Hobbs says the city should take a serious look at two waterfront properties owned by Buchanan Forest Products.

After 15 years the city's emergency medical services know who will be building its new home -- and what it should cost. City council awarded Tom Jones Construction Ltd.

Murder charges have been laid against a Sault Ste. Marie man arrested in Thunder Bay on Monday morning.

Police are investigating another incident that involved a syringe being used as a weapon. Thunder Bay Police Service officials say a 33-year-old man is in custody following an attempted theft at the LCBO outlet at Thunder Centre.

Nishnawbe-Aski Police have released more details from last week's fatal blaze in Nibinamik that claimed the lives of two small children. Post-mortems were to have been conducted Monday on the two- and three-year-old boys who were killed in the fire.

Jan. 17 may be considered the most depressing day of the years, but officials at Lakehead University were all smiles Monday morning. A $235,000 donation from the region’s largest gold mine and the province will do that.

City Council is set to award the contract for a new Superior North EMS headquarters. The contract will come before Council Monday night and it contains savings of more than $1 million from the original estimate.