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Tanning beds and over exposure to sunlight has increased the rate of skin cancer, says a dermatologist at the regional hospital.

With more people living in poverty every year, the role of the shelter house becomes essential in providing basic needs to the community, says the marketing and development coordinator.

A family’s garage on Mountain Road has been reduced to rubble after an early morning fire. Thunder Bay Fire and Rescue crews were called to the residence at around 4 a.m. Friday, and found the garage completely engulfed in flames.

When Laurie Niskanen started taking Confederation College’s human resources management program part-time in 2004, she never imagined she’d be collecting her diploma in the same graduation ceremony as her daughter Maija Zucchiatti.

Approximately $800,000 worth of marijuana was seized from a John Street residence Thursday by the Combined Forces Organized Crime Unit. At 8:30 a.m.

One person was sent to the hospital after a two-car collision on the corner of Junot Avenue and John Street Friday afternoon. The crash occurred just after 2:30 p.m.

Comments made by coun. Robert Tuchenhagen calling the city’s firefighters "spoiled" are his own opinion and are not shared by the rest of council says coun. Aldo Ruberto.

Police arrested a local 23-year-old man in connection to an armed robbery of an area convenience store early Friday morning. Thunder Bay Police Service say officers took the man into custody at 10:35 a.m. at a Limbrick Street residence on Saturday.

City firefighters are frustrated and discouraged that they’ve been without a contract for almost seven years says their union leader.

Thirteen years ago Northern Ontario Business magazine started the Influential Women of Northern Ontario Awards and Tradeshow as a way to seek out, profile and honour women who have created economic wealth in Northern Ontario.