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As the population ages, the province is looking to keep people in their homes longer. According to the provincial government, the number of seniors in Ontario will double to more than 4 million people in the next 20 years.

A member of the Thunder Bay Police Service known for having an incredible success rate was honoured Wednesday. Police Service Dog Thunder has retired. He has been on the job with his partner Const. Joe Prevett since August 2005.

The Ministry of Labour has issued numerous stop-work orders against a recycling and demolition company after an incident involving a worker Tuesday. The workplace incident occurred at about 2 p.m.

A Thunder Bay banquet hall is facing charges following a suspected food borne illness outbreak. The outbreak followed an event at the Moose Hall on Fort William Road on Dec. 13.

Exactly what happened when a man died at a city construction site last spring will never be known.

Police have identified the victim of a Tuesday fatal motor-vehicle crash near Atikokan. Officials with the OPP say Fredrick James Munro, 76, of Atikokan died after a collision between the car he was an occupant of and a commercial vehicle.

Officials with the OPP say Highway 11 is open to a single lane near Greenstone. The provincial police say the partial closure is located about 102 kilometres east of Longlac.

Tear it down, or build it back up? Which is the cheaper option? Those are the questions now hovering over the Fort William Gardens and they’re questions CEI Architecture is looking to answer over the next several months as it prepares a report

A man is dead and a woman is in hospital with serious injuries after a collision between a car and a commercial vehicle near Atikokan on Tuesday afternoon.

OPP at the scene of apparent fatal crash near Atikokan OPP in the Atikokan area are on the scene of an apparent fatal collision. The crash took place just before 1 p.m.