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Unless a miracle happens, officials with the local humane society say they will be gone by the end of the year. The Thunder Bay and District Humane Society is running a $180,000 deficit this year or roughly $15,000 every month.

Police have released the identity of the man killed in a tragic mill explosion in Terrace Bay earlier this week. Officials with the Schreiber detachment of the OPP say Terrance Berthelot, 28, died from his injuries following the Monday, Oct.

A 30-year-old woman has been taken into custody following an incident Thursday night in which a man suffered several stab wounds.

The province's Special Investigations Unit has cleared two OPP officers in connection with a pursuit that left two teens injured. The incident took place on Sept.

Thunder Bay’s area jobless rate saw a big jump last month. The most recent numbers from Statistics Canada shows that unemployment was running at 6.9 per cent in October. That's up from the six per cent recorded in September.

The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is changing the way they deliver health care.

Unseasonably warm temperatures have allowed contractors to continue working on paving projects around the city. Typically for this time of year, the roadwork season has come and gone.

Superior Fine Papers has blown the deadline for removing chemicals from the property of the idled mill. The company had until Oct. 31 to remove chemicals stored on the property.

In 1815, there were no beaver around Thunder Bay. Exploited relentlessly, the country’s busiest rodent was trapped out by the Northwest Company, coming to rest on the heads of Europe’s 19th century hipsters as the lining of top hats.

Hockey’s a popular sport throughout Northern Ontario, but finding the gear to outfit would-be Jonathan Cheechoos isn’t always easy.