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For remote First Nation communities, access can be a major roadblock when it comes to building housing.

The best thing seniors can do to make their retirement savings last is to have a plan, says a local financial adviser.

Just weeks after local rapper Jordan Burnell’s My Home Town video went viral, director Matt Popowich received international attention with an America’s Funniest Videos-like YouTube clip.

Communications is key in the policing business. Without it officers on patrol would be travelling blindly, hoping to run into crimes in progress and Northwestern Ontario probably wouldn’t be nearly as safe as it is today.

A Waterloo man charged for the assisted suicide of his wife will wait until May to learn his fate. Peter Fonteece, 47, appeared in Superior Court Wednesday where it was expected he would be sentenced for criminal negligence causing death.

The faculty at Ontario’s 24 community colleges accepted what their employer had called its final offer. A spokesman for the colleges told the Canadian Press Wednesday that the Ontario Labour Relations Board confirmed that a 51.

The fate of the former Port Arthur General Hospital has been decided and the vacant building is coming down. Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre issued requests for proposals from demolition companies last week.

MP Bruce Hyer (NDP, Thunder Bay – Superior North) continues to push for the return of passenger rail service in this region.

Pat Lang has two favourite days of the school year. One is opening day at Confederation College, the school over which she presides as president. The second is graduation day. In between futures are forged and career paths laid.

A mild winter season means a drop in profits for many winter-based local businesses. According to Environment Canada, Thunder Bay traditionally receives a snowfall of 188 centimetres, but this year has only seen a total of 51.4 centimetres.