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A North Bay man has begun circulating a petition to introduce a new provincial political party. Edward Deibel is lobbying to get the Northern Ontario Heritage Party registered before the next election in 2011.

A nearly $5-million difference in repair costs could keep students and faculty out of Lakehead University’s burned out Braun building longer than planned.

The Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce held its 16th Annual Business Awards Saturday night at the Valhalla Inn. This year, the Board of Directors decided to include categories for members as well as non-members. Thirteen awards were handed out in total.

The body of a Minnesota man that had been missing for almost a month has been recovered. Fred Bisel, 68, was on a snowmobile with friend in the area of Goose Neck Narrows on Lake of the Woods. Bisel broke through the ice.

Make it three in the race for Thunder Bay’s mayor’s chair.

Waiters and waitress say a good server is polite, friendly and doesn’t spill anything. Confederation College Hospitality Management Program held its first "who’s the greater waiter" race outside Ryan Hall on Sunday.

Neighbours on McCluskey Drive say fires in the area are rare, despite the dry conditions. Neebing Volunteer Firefighters Department arrived at 722 McCluskey Dr. shortly after 3 p.m. on Saturday.

An organ recipient said she didn’t even know she had someone else’s liver until she woke up in a hospital bed more than 140 kilometres from her home.

A two-year -old-child returned home after reportedly missing for a few hours. Fort Frances Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police received a call from a local man saying he found a child standing alone outside his residence about 4 a.m.

A Thunder Bay city councillor says she is willing to delay a proposed wind-farm project several years, if necessary, in order to get scientific evidence one way or the other about the health effects wind turbines have on human populations. Coun.