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Robin Lacey has given up. The 53-year-old purchased the First United Church on Brock Street in June 2011. He had intended to make the former church into a six apartment building in order to help deal with the city’s homeless issue.

Thunder Bay was not enjoying a housing boom last month – at least from a housing starts perspective. Not one new home start was recorded in February, according to figures released Thursday by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

The recent warm weather has laid a beating on ice rinks across the city. The temperature reached about 6C Wednesday and forced the city to close most of the outdoor rinks.

A nation-wide drug shortage hasn’t affected the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre yet, but it is possible the hospital’s pharmacy manager says.

Dominion Motors employees who have been locked out for nearly a month voted to reject the company’s second proposed contract. The group of 19 parts and service employees voted against the company's second proposed contract on Saturday.

As the end of flu season approaches, the number of influenza cases is down drastically in Thunder Bay this year.

The owners of Thunder Bay’s Valhalla Inn have received national honours. Saskatoon based Airline Hotels has been named one of the 50 Best Managed Companies in the country for 2011.

Thunder Bay’s new cancer transition clinic will help free up some hands for new patients, says the director of the regional cancer care program.

A routine traffic stop in Thunder Bay led police to recover a vehicle reported stolen from Vancouver.

Opposition members at Queen’s Park renewed their call for the firing of the Thunder Bay executive involved in running ORNGE Chief Operating Officer Rick Potter has come under fire recently for some of the equipment purchasing decisions at ORNGE