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NDP MP Bruce Hyer got bounced from Mexico. Hyer, who represents Thunder Bay-Superior North, travelled with his wife Margaret earlier this month for a sunny vacation at San Miguel de Allende, but didn’t make it out of the Mexico City airport.

Police seized a significant quantity of illegal cigarettes near Longlac Wednesday. OPP officers with the Greenstone detachment stopped a vehicle on Highway 11 Wednesday evening.

A recent crackdown on speeders continues to result in a significant numbers of tickets, says officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service.

Police continue to look for three men who robbed a teen in the city’s south end Saturday morning. Thunder Bay Police Service officials say the teen walked along Victoria Avenue near Brodie Street at 9:15 a.m. when three men approached him.

The Chiefs of the two First Nations near the mining exploration zone known as the Ring of Fire are getting close to lifting the blockade at the site's access point. Marten Falls Chief Elijah Moonias and Webequie Chief Cornelius Wabasse.

Provincial NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says mayors from Northwestern Ontario are expressing concerns about Queen's Park ignoring Northerners.

For remote First Nation communities, access can be a major roadblock when it comes to building housing.

For remote First Nation communities, access can be a major roadblock when it comes to building housing.

The best thing seniors can do to make their retirement savings last is to have a plan, says a local financial adviser.

Just weeks after local rapper Jordan Burnell’s My Home Town video went viral, director Matt Popowich received international attention with an America’s Funniest Videos-like YouTube clip.