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Consider Thunder Bay a holiday destination for St. Urho, the mythical saviour of Finland’s grapes. After all, the frigidly cold winter had to expel most of the adversarial grasshoppers on its own.

This winter’s extended cold will likely mean a later start to the port’s shipping season.

Fire crews were able to keep a small fire from severely damaging a Northwood area home on Friday night. Thunder Bay Fire Rescue responded to a call at a house on Park Row after a resident returned home shortly before 8 p.m.

The looming end of winter means the end of the season for most of the city’s outdoor rinks.

Two weeks into a state of emergency called due to a rash of residential fires, another home has burned down on the Mishkeegogamang First Nation.

The difference in quality of service at the regional hospital is “night and day” compared to the dual system more than 10 years ago. That's what Dr.

The driver involved in a highway crash caught on a dashboard camera (see video below) has been charged with distracted driving. The video of the crash was captured by Ralph Ireland’s dashboard camera on March 1 near Kenora.

Fifteen municipalities and First Nations are engaged in a process to bury Canada's nuclear waste. But MP Bruce Hyer (Green, Thunder Bay - Superior North) believes the decision should involve a wider range of voices.

The combined forces drug unit is reporting a major drug seizure.

Union Gas rates could be on the rise next month. The utility has applied to the Ontario Energy Board to increase its rate by an average of $16 a month. The rate would impact about 40,000 Union Gas customers in this region.