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Two U.S. residents have been fined for catching and keeping more than their daily limit of black crappies, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources reported Wednesday. Ronald Tobkin of Perham, Minn., and Bruce Nereson of Fargo, N.D.

Police are investigating the city’s first homicide of 2010. Thunder Bay Police Service say the body of a 39-year-old man was found at 8:30 a.m. at the Inntowner Motor Hotel on Brodie Street Wednesday.

A friendly competition between two local health-care organizations hopes to show that people can change their lifestyles to reduce their carbon footprint. St.

An increase in grievances going to arbitration has Lakehead school board employees frustrated and could be costing the unions and board thousands of dollars a day, say the unions involved.

The Lakehead school board has given its support to a local committee’s request for a moratorium on wind farms.

Area beer drinkers are being asked to participate in the world's largest bottle drive this coming weekend. The Beer Store and its employees' union are joining forces with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada to host the annual fundraiser.

Local workers and union members protested along the fenced property of the future Leon’s Furniture Tuesday, a response to what pickets say is a company refusal to use homegrown labour and materials.

There's now a second challenger in the city council race for the McKellar Ward. David Nicholson has recently filed his nomination papers at city hall. The other declared candidate in that ward is Paul Pugh.

The economic and social problems facing Northwestern Ontario aren’t unique to the region and there are opportunities to learn from countries as far away as Nepal and Uruguay, said the director of Lakehead University’s Centre for Northern Studies.

Thunder Bay OPP officials say the May long weekend was relatively quiet with no serious motor vehicle or boating incidents. At least one person, however, was charged with impaired driving.