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THUNDER BAY – City police say another 89 tickets were handed out to local motorists along the Harbour Expressway construction zone. A recent Facebook post published Thursday morning titled ‘They’re Almost Done.

Fire informatino provided by Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources Northwest Fire Region There were no new fires reported in the Northwest Region by the evening of July 8.

The province plans to spend $120 million to continue twinning Highway 11/17 between Thunder Bay and Nipigon. Earlier this year two contracts were awarded to Terra Nova Contracting to complete the work, a 10.

THUNDER BAY -- Some better weather was likely behind an upswing in new housing construction in June over last year.

THUNDER BAY – Local hip hop artist Pretty.Ugly has released his new single, Seaweed Diet ( listen below) . The new track is a collaboration between Thunder Bay’s Pretty.Ugly and UK wordsmith Smellington Piff.

It appears everyone got out safely Wednesday as firefighters battled a fire at a Ray Boulevard duplex. However, an unconfirmed report suggests at least one person in the residence suffered burns to his hand.

THUNDER BAY -- The Thunder Bay Bombardier plant has been hiring at least a dozen new employees every week to help speed up their streetcar production. This comes after Bombardier fell behind on its delivery orders to the Toronto Transit Commission.

Charla Robinson says it’s time for the province to get serious about energy costs.

Rib Fest just keeps getting bone-gnawingly bigger and better. Three years ago, when organizers first kicked the idea around, they expected fewer than 8,000 to take in the festivities over the course of the inaugural event.

The Thunder Bay Bombardier plant has been hiring at least a dozen new employees every week to help speed up its streetcar production. This comes after Bombardier fell behind on its delivery orders to the Toronto Transit Commission.