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THUNDER BAY -- Knocking out power isn’t the biggest risk to digging in areas with buried utility lines. Rather, Thunder Bay Hydro officials say hitting an active line has the potential to be fatal.

THUNDER BAY -- The area’s rate of inflation rose slightly in April, new data from Statistics Canada shows. New reports show that the inflation rate rose to 2.5 per cent in the Thunder Bay area. That’s up from the 1.

THUNDER BAY -- A local fluorescent light recycling depot will be shutting down next week. Thunder Bay was one of the first communities in Ontario to have a recycling depot for the CFL bulbs.

THUNDER BAY -- On Monday, leaders of two major provincial parties appeared in Thunder Bay to debate Northern issues.

What Ontario Liberals call an important announcement opponents are calling an unnecessary fear tactic.

El Salvador is not a friendly place. Gunshot wounds, in some parts of the Central American country, are as commonplace as skinned knees on Canadian playgrounds.

Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne is expected to unveil the party platform Sunday in Thunder Bay. Sources within the party have told Dougall Media that Wynne will make the announcement at a news conference scheduled for 1 p.m. the Valhalla Inn.

FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION - Police are looking into a case involving an apparently mutilated bear. Anishinabek Police Service acting Sgt.

THUNDER BAY -- Local field naturalists are looking to purchase a plot of land land in Terrace Bay to serve as a nature reserve. The property, which is a 1,200 acre parcel along the Lake Superior shoreline, is owned by Terrace Bay Pulp. The mill.

THUNDER BAY -- Michael Gravelle does not want to see the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines rolled into the Ministry of Natural Resources.