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THUNDER BAY -- Texting while driving is distracted driving. Talking on the phone while stopped at a light is distracted driving. Using a smart phone in any capacity while the vehicle is not parked is against the law.

Unifor has filed two complaints with the Ontario Labour Relations Board over a value-added wood company closure near Fort Frances.

Lightning struck a tree on Sunbow Lake on Friday, igniting a forest fire 0.1 hectares in size. Firefighters held the fire Known as Thunder Bay Fire 048 to the single tree smouldering.

Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service has seized over $10,000 in Percocet pills in Keewaywin First Nation. Police were alerted to drug distribution in the community on July 26.

One of the biggest names in hip hop history has produced a new single for a duo with Thunder Bay roots. Thunder Bay's Norm Nadeau (Expertise) and Jay Khan (Shylow)'s new song, This Iz Tha Time features beats from DJ Premier.

Tow truck drivers in Thunder Bay have been killed from traffic passing too close to the roadside and police are warning new laws to give those vehicles space will be enforced. Under the new Bill 31 set to take effect on Sept.

THUNDER BAY – A weak Canadian dollar is resulting in more than one kind of cross-border tourism traffic to the city. The dollar, which has plummeted throughout the summer to 76 cents U.S.

THUNDER BAY – The 33rd annual Westfort Street Fair gets underway Saturday. Westfort Village Association’s Jack Moro says the fair will see a mix of vendors and activities for everything.

THUNDER BAY – After a city delegation returned from a provincial meeting without commitments for a new jail, frustration is mounting for local corrections officers who work in the existing nearly century-old facility.

THUNDER BAY -- The inflation rate in the Thunder Bay area was up a bit in July from June. The local inflation rate was set at 1.3 per cent, which compares to 0.9 the month before.