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Thunder Bay’s mayoral race now has a fourth runner. Brian Kwasny, 52, said he decided to run for mayor because he doesn’t like the way city council has treated businesses trying to set up shop in the city.

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police unanimously passed a resolution supporting the federal firearms registration in Windsor earlier this week.

There could soon be a new $26 million facility built on the grounds of the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital.

A veteran journalist and author says Northwestern Ontario should be looking to the West to help recover from the recession.

A veteran journalist and author says Northwestern Ontario should be looking to the West to help recover from the recession.

A Thunder Bay pharmacist is ramping up her opposition to the province's changes to the Ontario Drug Benefit Plan.

The world's first opera written and sung in Cree was performed in Thunder Bay today for students at Superior Collegiate. Pimooteewin, The Journey was written by internationally renowned author Tomson Highway, and was composed by Melissa Hui.

A study showed students involved in a local aboriginal youth program perceived themselves to do better in school and had greater self-esteem.

MNR firefighters battled a fire Wednesday night in the Surprise Lake area. The fire was centered on Dog Lake Road, about half a kilometre south of Surprise Lake.

The Marten Falls First Nation has received a $50,000 Heritage Fund grant to look at road options for the remote community. The money will fund a study of the best ways to connect Marten Falls to the provincial road system.