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Pat Lang has two favourite days of the school year. One is opening day at Confederation College, the school over which she presides as president. The second is graduation day. In between futures are forged and career paths laid.

A mild winter season means a drop in profits for many winter-based local businesses. According to Environment Canada, Thunder Bay traditionally receives a snowfall of 188 centimetres, but this year has only seen a total of 51.4 centimetres.

This summer Thunder Bay will witness SWAT teams, helicopters and roadblocks scattered across the city, but a terrorist attack or major disaster will not fuel this action.

An idled pulp and paper mill on the North Shore has secured another reprieve from its creditors, but three months after the province offered up $25 million in loans, a restart date for Terrace Bay Pulp is still uncertain.

MPP Howard Hampton (NDP, Kenora – Rainy River) questioned the fairness of pension plans for AbitibiBowater workers and retirees at Queens Park Monday.

Porter Airlines says it has plans to increase the number of passengers it carries and destinations it flies to out of Toronto’s island airport. The Toronto Star reports that the airline’s new $50 million terminal will triple Porter’s capacity.

Radiation emitted from electronics could be harmful to your health and will become a major health concern to Canadians in the coming years say some experts. Dr.

Anyone looking to adopt a dog will have to wait after a city-wide outbreak of kennel cough has the Thunder Bay and District Humane Society offering restricted services for dogs and potential owners.

Thunder Bay’s next municipal election may feature an online polling station. City clerk John Hannam said they're sending out a request for proposal later this week for companies that offer online and over-the-phone voting applications.

A former owner of the Marathon Pulp mill has been told to help cover the cost of an environmental cleanup at the mill site.