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While it may not be completed this year, but OPP officials say a detachment in Dryden remains a priority. Sgt.

A local church launched a unique collection drive this week and will be accepting donations of tents in hopes of providing shelter for those in earthquake-torn Haiti.

He’s played with Duke Ellington, backed up Bob Hope and Red Skelton and kept the big band sound alive in Thunder Bay long after its mass popularity waned. Say the word music in this city and one name immediately comes to mind – Roy Coran.

Thunder Bay Hydro officials say the campaign to replace electricity meters in the city continues in preparation for major rate changes in 2011.

About 10,000 Thunder Bay residents were left in the dark for nearly two hours Saturday night. Officials with Hydro One say customers in the south end of the city lost power at about 6:30pm.

TBayTel answered the call for those in need with a roast beef lunch. The local telecommunications company sponsored the lunch at the Salvation Army on Cumberland St. on Sunday.

Increased fees for city services will have an additional 8 per cent added to them this coming summer. Ontario’s harmonized sales tax will affect city services by adding onto the cost starting in July.

Lakehead University announced the development of a new research lab focused on creating greener technology.

The Ontario government has put people in harm’s way and needs to address the situation says the chair of a provincial wind energy concern group.

The Regional Food Distribution Association announced Friday that it is going green. The food bank is making the changes necessary to start supplying fresh fruits and vegetables to people in need.