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The Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute’s star continues to rise. On Friday TBRRI officials introduced Boston’s Mitch Albert, a former member of the Harvard Medical School faculty, as its latest research chair.

Child welfare agencies can only step in and help children after they’ve received reports from the community, said Susan Verrill.

The city now has a third off-leash dog park. An acre of land on the Westfort play field has been fenced off for south side dogs to play, and that park had its grand opening Friday morning.

The Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation has taken its latest mining dispute into its own hands.

The picket lines are down at the Northern Lights Credit Union after a tentative deal was reached Thursday.

Northern Sawmills' two-day auction that began Thursday will bring closure to those still clinging to hope the Thunder Bay mill would restart operations one day, said a union official.

The much-anticipated naming of the controversial waterfront hotel has been delayed until at least November.

Staff at two of Thunder Bay's Zellers stores have been told they have another nine months of employment left before their stores close and are taken over by Wal-Mart.

It’s now United Way day in Thunder Bay. For the first time ever, the city declared Sept. 29 as United Way day. A flag was flown at city hall Thursday morning to mark the occasion.

Talks between HAGI Accessible buses and the transit union have come to a halt. The contract between the two sides ended in January, and the employer and union representing the transit employees have since failed to reach an agreement.