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Police arrested two men, a 20-year old and a 17-year old, for allegedly selling weapons and ammunition illegally. The Regional Integrated Gang Unit seized three handguns and ammunition over the weekend.

The district’s health unit confirmed that another deer tick found in the Thunder Bay area has tested positive for Lyme disease.

One person is dead and another remains in hospital following a single motorcycle crash Sunday afternoon on Highway 17. Officers with the Nipigon detachment of the OPP say the crash happened just before 4 p.m. Sunday near Yesno Township.

Most bluesmen would have called it a day in Duluth. Not Taj Mahal.

Police charged three people in separate incidents involving weapons that left one in the hospital and another with a broken arm. Thunder Bay Police Service officers say at approximately 4:30 a.m.

Relaxation and forgetting about the workweek are great incentives to fish, say resident fishermen. Cory Schiiler weighed in his catch for the second day of the week-long Salmon Derby on Sunday.

The biggest sign of appreciation is for the community to show up and enjoy the festivities, says the president of the Da Vinci Centre. The ninth annual Thunderfest weekend event wrapped up on Sunday.

Tab Benoit says he’s been warning anyone who would listen about the dangers of careless oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.

Battles at the Pigeon River border crossing had Thunder Bay Blues Festival organizer Bob Halvorsen frowning most of Saturday.

Doctors at a Cuban village no longer expect their patients to die and credit the work done by local volunteers, says the president of a humanitarian organization.