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THUNDER BAY -- It's easy to take the Internet for granted.

THUNDER BAY -- The city’s police force is now working on its seventh homicide case of 2014.

FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION, Ont. – For many generations First Nations people have been able to sustain themselves off the land without worrying about health problems such as diabetes and obesity.

At-large Coun. Rebecca Johnson has put her name forward once again, and will seek a fourth term on city council on Oct. 27. Johnson, one of two women on the current council, confirmed her decision on Tuesday.

THUNDER BAY -- The strike at the city’s Bombardier plant goes on. Unifor Local 1075 members overwhelmingly rejected the company’s last offer on Tuesday during a Ministry of Labour supervised vote, with 81.

THUNDER BAY -- The city is honouring a century-old agreement with Fort William First Nation, but it may look to renegotiate the deal after paying nearly $1 million for its share of Mission Road.

KENORA, Ont. -- Police in this northwestern Ontario city have sent a man wanted in Alberta for attempted murder back to Calgary.

The city is counting itself among a growing number of people calling for a national inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women.

A master plan to reduce flooded basements, overflowing sewers and water to the treatment plant could run around $12 million over the next five to six years.

Thunder Bay Police have taped off a large swath of wooded property between Blucher and Picton avenues and say they are responding to the city's second suspicious death of the day.