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THUNDER BAY -- The chief of Fort William First Nation does not agree with new federal transparency legislation, though they have been publishing their financial records for the past six years.

Claudia Albany is looking to land a career as a pilot one day.

Close by isn’t close enough. That’s the message the OPP and coast guard want to deliver to boaters and jet skiers this weekend, imploring the public to wear lifejackets when on the water.

Long-time former city councillor Lawrence Timko is once again seeking an at-large seat in the Oct. 27 municipal election. Timko, first elected in 1977 in McKellar Ward, spent 29 years at the council table before he was ousted in 2006.

THUNDER BAY -- The president of Unifor Local 1075 doesn’t think Bombardier needs to rush to get a completed train car moved out of the Montreal Street plant.

THUNDER BAY -- Police have arrested a sixth person in connection with the city’s fifth homicide investigation of 2014.

THUNDER BAY -- All five suspects in the city’s fifth homicide of the year made appearances in bail court Friday.

THUNDER BAY – A Fort William First Nation gas bar is in hot water over allegedly taking improper gas tax cards.

THUNDER BAY -- The grain shipments continue to spill into the local port at an aggressive pace.

THUNDER BAY -- A mill worker once listed in critical condition following a workplace incident has improved, say plant officials.