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OTTAWA - The Harper government is casting a wider net over lobbying activities on Parliament Hill that will now cover backbenchers and political staff.

The tall ship HMS Bounty left the Thunder Bay harbour Thursday morning, following Wednesday's public viewing which attracted thousands of people down to the waterfront.

The doors to the city's third methadone clinic on West Frederica Street have been unlocked. The new Ontario Addiction Treatment Centre is set to officially open soon.

The province has taken the next step in allowing a pair of mining developments in the Atikokan area to move ahead, while also dealing with a polluted former mine site.

A veteran political scientist says Thunder Bay is a notoriously last-minute community and he expects more people will file to run in October’s municipal election than the 20 who had officially put forth their names by Thursday morning.

The number of reported bear calls this year decreased by more than a hundred, but don’t let the numbers fool you, says a conservation officer.

A man is in police custody after breaking into a home, stealing credit cards and a car early Wednesday morning. A 71-year-old woman discovered the man in her Hebert Street home just after 12 a.m. Wednesday.

As the wind began to howl outside of Blake Hall so did the voices inside the rural community centre as the first of four Horizon Wind open houses got underway.

Police are investigating a break in at the former Thunder Bay Fine Papers plant that led to tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage. Thunder Bay Police Service officers were called to the 550 Shipyard Drive address shortly after 3 a.m.

Police are investigating a break in at the former Thunder Bay Fine Papers plant that led to tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage. Thunder Bay Police Service officers were called to the 550 Shipyard Drive address shortly after 3 a.m.