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Construction crews will be working through the holiday season to ensure the consolidated courthouse meets its 2013 deadline. Crews were up and working by 7 a.m. Wednesday as they continued to work toward this target.

Dallas Witko had promised herself long ago that she would one day repay Shelter House for they help they had given her.

City of Thunder Bay employees are working to repair a broken watermain on Water Street. The break happened late Tuesday afternoon along Water Street near the Ontario Government building.

Northern Ontario’s loss could well be China’s gain, and that has NDP Leader Andrea Horwath up in arms.

Unity was again the theme for a Ring of Fire strategy forum in the city. “We can’t approach these things fractured,” said Elijah Harper, a former member of both provincial and federal parliament in northern Manitoba.

An Aboriginal arts and crafts show held in Thunder Bay has reached a milestone. For the past 10 years, Victoriaville Mall has hosted the Native Arts and Crafts Show, which has featured artwork from artists all across Ontario and Manitoba.

Dominic Pasqualino doesn’t think much of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s plan to cut the city’s 2012 municipal budget. At least not the part that says he wants to curb about $1.

Residents will get their first close-up look at Prince Arthur’s Landing on Dec. 16.

The city’s planning division now has guidelines that should help developers keep their sites in sync with the city’s urban design.

The search for a trapper missing in the Atikokan area has been suspended. The OPP’s emergency response team has been combing a chain of lakes and portages in the Miller Lake area since Nov. 21.