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Common Voice Northwest wants the people of Northern Ontario to have a voice in the policy decisions affecting their lives.

In Malawi, school children write their daily lessons in the dirt. A pencil is a lottery prize, carefully carved into five or six pieces and shared amongst brothers and sisters. A notebook costs an entire day’s wages or more.

WARNING: Graphic content A Thunder Bay man pleaded guilty Friday to murdering his common-law girlfriend and having intercourse with the body.

A new helicopter service is closer to getting off the ground after a letter was signed Friday morning.

Police are investigating an incident where a vehicle was used as a battering ram during a Beer Store smash and grab Friday.

Thunder Bay Police have arrested a man wanted for questioning in a recent alleged kidnapping and assault incident at a Cumberland Street motel. Emillio Bisignano was taken into custody overnight without incident at a south-side residence.

A local author is telling more than just children’s stories with a new book she just released. Josie Wallenius wrote Phoebe to the Rescue and other Stories over the last year to connect with her grandchildren who live overseas.

A Thunder Bay-based company secured a $335-million loan guarantee to build an iron ore refining plant in Atikokan, but is stuck waiting for the province to approve the project. Bending Lake Iron Group Ltd.

The city’s Seven Days with the Giant contest is back and bigger than ever, says Thunder Bay’s tourism manager.

Unacceptable mould levels have temporarily forced firefighters from their Neebing Detachment.