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Police have arrested and charged a man with assault following a Sunday morning incident at a local hotel. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say officers attended the Landmark Inn at about 5 a.m. Sunday.

The owner of Atikokan's Quetico centre is looking for a new owner, and is hoping to find someone with the right business idea. John Barrett purchased the property in 2006 to save it from becoming a trailer park.

After being shut down for more than three months, the Global Sticks plant in Oliver-Paipoonge is preparing to call back its employees in early March.

City council will debate whether to amend zoning bylaws for a proposed Harbour Expressway hotel Monday night. The southern Ontario-based Thompson Centres Inc.

Veteran wordsmith Bella Slator says playing Scrabble has helped to improve her vocabulary. Slator, an active member of the Scrabble club at the 55 Plus Centre, played the board game with her two boys when they were younger.

A major snowstorm that struck the city Sunday evening and dumped up to 32 centimetres of snow, has left Thunder Bay a winter wonderland Monday morning.

When Nancy Laser first laid eyes on Breeze, she says she knew she had a winner. Laser has had her Border Collie partner for the past eight years.

A young offender, well-known to police and already facing a number of charges, is under arrest after homeowners returned home to find their Valour Place home ransacked and a pair of suspects driving away in their other vehicle.

A hit-and-run has landed a male and female driver in hot water with police. At about 5 p.m.

Murielle Horsman left the world of interior design to pursue a life as an artist. The 60-year-old painter from Quebec decided she wanted to change her career path and started painting professionally about six years ago.