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Jobs and crime are top issues for the two candidates in McKellar Ward, which also happens to hold both city downtown cores.

According to standardized test results the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board continues to score above Ontario’s status quo, while Lakehead Public Schools still scored at or below the province’s average in some areas.

While jobs, crime and poverty were topics for discussion, transparency was the issue of the evening Tuesday at the Lakehead Labour Centre.

Labour unions, women centres and the city police are pressuring this area’s New Democrat MPs to change their stance on the long-gun registry.

First Nations and business leaders from Northwestern Ontario are turning up the pressure to stop Bill-191, which is also known as the Far North Act. The group held its first of two rallies outside Queen's Park in Toronto Wednesday morning.

A Winnipeg company has signed a $32.5-million letter of intent to purchase Bearskin Airlines. Bearskin executive vice-president Cliff Friesen on Wednesday said the deal will help the airline continue to progress and grow.

If there is enough public interest, Thunder Bay could host the Canada 55 Plus Games in 2014 or 2016,says the city’s special events developer.

There’s no question what the No. 1 issue facing Neebing voters in the Oct. 25 municipal election. A recent survey showed about two-thirds of the ward’s residents oppose Horizon Wind Inc.

Although everything from a proposed multiplex facility to the wind turbines slated for the Nor’Wester Mountain Range was discussed, it was the city’s debt that had 20 ward candidates waving their arms in the air asking to speak on Tuesday night.

Jason and Suzanne Hart will readily admit being a foster parent isn’t easy. Ten years ago the then childless couple was exploring adoption options through the Thunder Bay chapter of the Children’s Aid Society.