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UPDATE: Here is the most recent Facebook post regarding Mike Ranta's lost dog, Spitzii. The original story about the dog's disappearance can be read below.

THUNDER BAY -- Burton Cummings really had nothing to worry about.

Local farmer Ryan Tarabocchia hopes to expand his mushroom farm’s production, a first-of-its-kind operation for this city, across the region.

Our Leith Dunick is at Blues Fest today from start to finish on Sunday and will be adding photos throughout the afternoon and evening. Keep checking back for more updates all day long. [ View the story "Sunday of Blues" on Storify ]

THUNDER BAY -- Organizers at this weekend’s Thunder Bay Blues Festival say weather, airline complications and equipment issues are the main reasons why the first two nights have gone well past the scheduled 11 p.m. finish.

Appalled by the statistics of homeless veterans, Mike Ranta’s second cross-Canada canoe journey is dedicated to the men and women who have served this country.

The Breakwater Taphouse will not reopen in a new location after it closes its doors on the waterfront for the final time next month. The pub is located on the second floor of the former CN Station at Prince Arthur’s Landing.

THUNDER BAY - Theatre lovers in Thunder Bay have a new play to enjoy this summer at Chippewa Park. It’s a melodrama called "A Beavers Tale" or "The One Wee Wife of Wes Fort".

THUNDER BAY -- It was old-home week for at least two musicians taking the Thunder Bay Blues Festival stage on Saturday.

Leith Dunick is at the waterfront for Day 2 of the Thunder Bay Blues Fest. See his photographs of the event, along with some tweets, in the slideshow below. We’ll be adding to that slideshow as the event progresses.