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Friends of the Thunder Bay Public Library believe in books. It’s why on Monday they contributed $50,000 to a fundraising campaign aimed at jump-starting the still-under-construction Mary J. L. Black Library replacement, expected to open next spring.

It didn’t hurt, the new president and CEO of the regional hospital said following her first mammogram Monday.

Lawyers have chosen the men and women who will make up the 12-person jury that will decide the fate of a Thunder Bay man who was charged with manslaughter in 2007.

Flu clinics will be opening up around the district throughout October and will eventually be available in the city by November, Health Unit officials confirmed Monday.

Sporting blue-striped ties, members of a male choir say it’s a perfect fit for them to dedicate a concert to help bring more awareness to prostate cancer.

For people that own property within the city and neighbouring municipalities within the school board’s jurisdiction, candidates for the school board can appear on both ballots.

The executive director of the Boys and Girls club says he’s frustrated by the delay caused by the Ministry of the Environment's investigation involving hundreds of bags of crushed rock.

Shawn Patterson remembers the day when he almost lost his daughter. It was about three years ago, when the then three-year-old Anna became seriously ill. Patterson said his daughter looked fine on the outside but that wasn’t the case.

Protesters say residents deserve to know the other side of the abortion debate with women having the right to choose what they do with their bodies. About 15 residents gathered along the intersection of Memorial Avenue and Central Avenue on Saturday.

The Ministry of the Environment has launched an investigation involving hundreds of bags of crushed rock at the Thunder Bay Boys and Girls Club. The material has been sitting in the parking lot at the facility for more than a month now.