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A man was bounced from council chambers during a debate about deer Monday. City council, in a 10-3 decision, passed a recommendation that will see a by-law come before them allowing deer to be hunted by bow in certain areas of the city.

The Hells Angels' loss is a community group's gain. City council unanimously voted Monday night to approve Evergreen a United Neighbourhood’s plan to convert the former Hells Angels clubhouse on Heron Street into a community space.

An inquest has been denied by the Regional Coroner's office into the murder of Antoinette Lavoie. Lavoie was shot to death in her Murillo home last December by her husband, who then took his own life.

While it may lack the dramatic fireworks of a Maury Povich talk show episode, the director of a local lab says he'sexcited to find out whether a 42-year-old-man is actually the son of former prime minister John Diefenbaker.

City solicitor Rosalie Evans is taking a one-year sabbatical from her municipal job to focus on labour relations law. Evans will spend 2012 working for Thunder Bay law firm Weiler Maloney Nelson. Her temporary absence is effective Jan.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation’s Grand Chief says that while First Nations people may have missed out on the industrial revolution, today’s technology is not going to pass them by.

A partnership to send Lakehead University athletes to remote First Nation communities has taken flight.

If donations keep coming in, Thunder Bay and District Humane Society officials are hopeful they can keep the animal shelter open into the New Year.

A 13-year-old Newfoundland boy is dead following a collision near Wawa between a tractor-trailer and an SUV. The crash took place just before noon Sunday on Highway 17, near Rabbit Blanket Park.

A local charity took time out Sunday to celebrate its 10th year in Northwestern Ontario.