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One in five Ontario children suffer from some type of mental health issue. That's according to Children's Centre Foundation Thunder Bay, which hosted a round table discussion with community leaders and mental health and service agencies Friday.

The province announced the approval of more than 500 new green energy projects around Ontario, including two here in the Northwest.

With schools letting out for March Break Friday, you can bet students will be out on the streets in full force over the next week or so. As a result, Thunder Bay Police are offering up tips on how to keep kids safe during their time off.

The Brodie Street Bus Terminal will close by the end of March if city council approves a recommendation from transit staff Monday night.

Henry Wetelainen is still waiting for government approval to move forward with building an iron ore refining plant in Atikokan.

Mental health and addiction affects everyone in the community and everyone owns a piece of the puzzle, said drug strategy co-ordinator Patty Hajdu. "But they’re not necessarily fitting those jigsaw pieces together," she said.

City councillors spent several hours behind closed doors last Monday discussing the proposed Big Thunder Wind Park, and while concrete details of that meeting aren't known, it appears most decided not to make any changes to the controversial lease ag

A company waiting to build a proposed wind park in Shuniah is almost ready to break ground pending government approval.

A pair of pools long thought on the chopping block has found a potential friend in the Thunder Bay Heritage Advisory Committee. Coun.

A planned $4-million new home for the Lakehead Regional Conservation Authority has been indefinitely put on hold.