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Thousands poured into Marina Park on Friday night to catch the opening day of the ninth annual Thunder Bay Blues Festival.

A child was sent to hospital following a collision on Cophenhagen Road Firday afternoon. A vehicle the child was riding in appears to have lost control near Trowbridge Road around 2:30 p.m. police say.

It’s absolutely critical that local MPs stick to their guns and vote to abolish the long-gun registry, the federal minister of public safety says.

Thunder Bay property taxpayers can start celebrating the end of a major tax on the city as a $25 million contribution to the new Regional Hospital will be completely paid off, as of Saturday.

The federal government is spending $5.5 million to help three Ontario companies deliver broadband Internet access to more than 4,000 homes in the northern part of the province.

The typically frigid Lake Superior has warmed up faster than usual this summer. Researchers at the University of Minnesota Duluth say that's due to a winter with little ice and a record-warm spring.

An investigation is underway following a single-vehicle crash Friday morning involving an OPP cruiser near Schreiber According to police, the cruiser was travelling eastbound on Highway 17 when it left the roadway.

Twenty years ago Sky Hedrick was awash in a sea of drug and alcohol abuse, the remnants of the broken home he was raised in the first few years of his life. A decade or so ago, Hedrick had an epiphany.

According to numbers released by Statistics Canada, Thunder Bay has the second lowest unemployment rate in the country. Stats Can numbers show that the city’s jobless rate in June was down to about 5.2 per cent, down slightly compared to May’s 5.

Some of the country's biggest names in blues and rock will begin taking the stage at Marina Park for the ninth annual Thunder Bay Blues Fest this weekend.