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Friends of Big Thunder have a big ask ahead of them from the federal government.

Man dies on Highway 11, medical condition cited as likely cause A Southern Ontario man died suddenly on highway 11 near Beardmore Monday night.

Thunder Bay will have one less municipally run golf course but members of the golfing community aren’t worried about the impacts that has.

The city’s spring curbside collection of organic leaf and garden waste will occur between Tuesday, May 1 and Friday, May 11 on a resident’s regular recycling day.

Figures released by Canada Border Services show that the number of people going to the U.S. through Pigeon River is slightly higher than the same time last year. In March, more than 42,000 people were processed through the border crossing.

City council has voted to close the Municipal Golf Course by the end of the season. Council voted 8-3 in favour of closing the Municipal Golf Course at the general meeting on Monday.

Bruce Hyer says he’s willing to meet the NDP halfway, but he’ll only return to the party under certain conditions. First and foremost the now-independent MP says the party must free him to vote the will of his constituents.

After a four-month hiatus, the trial of a 22-year-old man charged with robbing a credit union near Rosslyn Road and Highway 130 continued Monday.

The second-degree murder charge against one of the suspects in the death of Robert Topping was withdrawn Monday. Twenty-one-year-old Christopher Hawk pleaded guilty to one count of robbery Monday morning at the Superior Court of Justice.

Just when you thought it was safe to do laundry in the afternoon, along comes the warm summer months and the semi-annual switch of time-of-use electricity periods in Ontario.