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THUNDER BAY -- Shannon MacLeod loves to read. She also loves to inspire reading in others.

THUNDER BAY -- The sale of a struggling local biotech firm has been approved. A provincial court has approved the sale of Mitomics Inc., which went into receivership in August with nearly $20 million owed to secured lenders and unsecured creditors.

THUNDER BAY – Community partners want to start conversations about drinking.

THUNDER BAY -- Jim Crooks’ father didn’t discuss his time serving in the Second World War often, but when he did he referred to it as his ‘great adventure.

THUNDER BAY -- When Buffy Sainte-Marie was 23, she was a singer with too much money. She used that extra money to start a scholarship foundation for Aboriginal students wanting to gain a higher education but didn’t have the means to get there.

Christmas is a joyous occasion for most children. But for Thunder Bay’s most impoverished the holiday is a stark reminder they’re among the city’s have-nots.

THUNDER BAY -- The gas tax is pumping $1.8 million into Thunder Bay's transit system. Ontario's Gas Tax Program, now totaling nearly $19 million over the past decade for the city, must go into a municipality's transit system.

Lakehead University president Brian Stevenson says running a university these days is definitely a balancing act.

Despite another delay, Shelter House's Street Outreach Program is going ahead. The city's $50,000 share was supposed to head to council for approval Monday but it will now be decided Dec.

THUNDER BAY -- A city man has pleaded not guilty to several drug-trafficking charges.