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A vote on the controversial Far North Act will have to wait at least another day. Bill 191, which is also referred to as the Far North Act, was expected to pass a third reading at Queen’s Park in Toronto Wednesday afternoon.

The city is seeking an expert opinion on the proposed Big Thunder Wind Park. City development manager Mark Smith said that as more information is being received by Horizon Wind Inc., the city needs an expert to help them assess the information.

Thunder Bay's worst roads are being put to the test this week. Officials with the city's transportation and works department have hired an outside contractor to measure the quality of the asphalt on paved roads around the city.

The strike by Northern Ontario School of Medicine support staff will continue for at least another week. OPSEU and the management group have agreed to resume talks. But that won't be until next Thursday in Sudbury.

Police charged two local teens with murder .

Legislation in New York could shut down 75 per cent of shipping traffic in Thunder Bay says the local port authority.

The city is hiring an outside consultant to help them make a decision on the proposed Big Thunder Wind Park.

A man who was taken to the hospital after being on fire outside the Arthur Street Courthouse last week has died.

Police officers in Dryden have seized about 130 marijuana plants.

Five-hundred thousand dollars won’t sustain the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra for the second 50 years of its existence, but it will paint a much more comfortable future for the once-struggling musical troupe.