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Police are investigating a break and enter that happened near the Brentwood Mall area on Arthur Street. Thunder Bay Police Service say a patrol officer went to the Brentwood Hair Design and Spa as well as the nearby Subway restaurant around 4 a.m.

City councillors say Thunder Bay’s new strategic plan should focus more on the city’s basic needs instead of big projects. Council plans to discuss the city’s strategic plan during an upcoming meeting Monday night. McKellar Coun.

A retired reverend says when he moved back to rural Thunder Bay he expected to see deer and moose in his yard, but instead found that cats were his biggest problem.

Many residents say the mayor’s comments about the Minister of Northern Development and Mines not fighting hard enough for Thunder Bay won’t harm the city’s relationship with the province.

In July 2010, Solar Logix was installing the first rooftop solar panels in Thunder Bay. Since then, the local company has installed more than 35 solar mounts – on rooftops and on the ground – and has another 35 projects underway.

For those that have yet to dispose of their natural Christmas tree, there are still a couple of days left to drop it off at one of Thunder Bay's tree chipping drop-off locations.

Michael Gravelle and Keith Hobbs have kissed and made up.

Police are looking for the man who robbed a north-side credit union at gun-point Friday afternoon. Thunder Bay Police Service officials say a male suspect robbed the Northern Credit Union, located at 697 Red River Road, just before 1:30 p.m.

Two local schools are urging students to be extra cautious after a person asked students to get into a vehicle Wednesday afternoon. Two Grade 6 students and one Grade 1 student from Woodcrest Public School were walking home around 3:45 p.m.

Connecting more patients to the region’s electronic health record network will deliver a much more effective and efficient medical treatment to patients throughout Northwestern Ontario, say physicians, the province and the area’s Local Health Integra