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Thunder Bay drivers who chose not to obey road closed and construction zone fines paid a heavy price on Tuesday along the Harbour Expressway.

THUNDER BAY -- A proposed Wacky Wings in Thunder Bay is being held up by an appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board.

City of Thunder Bay media release follows: Conservatory Returns to Normal Operating Hours The City’s Botanical Conservatory will be returning to its normal operating hours effective immediately.

The Thunder Bay Port Authority continues to see record cargo. The port’s CEO, Tim Heney, says last month more than 750,000 tonnes of grain came through, which is about 18 per cent above the five-year average for June.

Trina Diner has long been a champion of telemedicine and now she has the award to prove it.

THUNDER BAY -- Laslo Seyda has been face-to-face with polar bears near Greenland, helped raise sled dogs in Norway and may soon meet the rare white rhinos of Kenya but his most challenging assignment so far has been conquering Wabakimi.

The city is looking to reduce confusion and improve some of its bus routes.

FORT FRANCES, Ont. -- A Couchiching First Nation man is in police custody after a break and enter incident in Fort Frances on July 4. The 35-year-old is accused of breaking into a domicile whose residents were home, early Saturday morning.

THUNDER BAY -- The case remains open, but progress is at a standstill in the investigation into the cause of last month's massive fire at Great West Timber. The blaze consumed the old sawmill on June 17.

Sydney Van De Wiel has never been to Thunder Bay. She lives in St. John’s, N.L., but this summer the 17-year-old will spend a month at Lakehead University. Van De Wiel is one of 65 high school students participating in SHAD.