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Council will be presented with the city's new proposed solid waste strategy Monday night.

Residents across the city’s south side reported foul odours of gas early Friday evening, which have been traced to an area mill. Officials with Thunder Bay Fire Rescue say they began receiving calls at 7:30 p.m.

Money owed to province by Buchanan companies unlikely to be paid, MNR concedes A forestry company that owed tens of millions of dollars to taxpayers is off the hook.

Rotten, discouraged and bewildered. That's how Second World War navy veteran Roy Lamore felt after local veterans and supporters held a memorial service for the city's veterans affairs office on Red River Road Friday morning.

Winter road network opens officially in Northern Ontario The winter roads network in Northern Ontario has officially opened. The nearly 3,200-kilometres of roads help to connect 28 remote communities to the permanent provincial highway system.

The town of Terrace Bay and AV Birla have reached an agreement on the assessed value of the local mill. Terrace Bay council voted on a deal Friday that will result in hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenue.

Ontario's Transportation Minister is acknowledging that some highways have not been properly snowplowed and cleared this winter.

The OPP are trying to find the driver who attempted an unsafe pass caught on video. The video, which has been viewed nearly 350,000 times on YouTube, shows a near head-on collision between two transport drivers near Nipigon on Jan. 4.

United Airlines has killed its direct flight between Thunder Bay and Chicago. The move is effective on April 24.

Bob Rae says progress is being made in negotiations between Matawa Tribal Council and the province over the Ring of Fire. Rae, lead negotiator for Matawa, said he and the province's lead Frank Iacobucci are in daily contact.