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THUNDER BAY – The deaths of seven First Nations students are the result of a “universal failure” from all parties involved, a lawyer representing Nishnawbe Aski Nation told a coroner’s inquest jury.

THUNDER BAY – As airlines come and go, at least one national company is committed to staying at the local airport for at least another decade.

THUNDER BAY – Diesel power has no future in remote Northern Ontario communities, says the CEO of NCC Development. Geordi Kakepetum on Thursday said he’s hopeful a FedNor investment of $2.

The Canadian Automobile Association has announced its annual Top 10 Worst Roads in Ontario and Thunder Bay appears twice on that list. One of those roads is Balmoral Street, which sits in third place overall.

A dramatic collision in the intersection of High and Inchequin Streets at about 10:30 a.m. this morning sent both drivers to T.B.R.H.S.C. by ambulance. Neither suffered life-threatening injuries.

THUNDER BAY – City administration says the municipality won’t provide an endorsement to the local Guardian Angels chapter.

THUNDER BAY – Police are ruling out foul play as a factor in the death of a local woman whose body was found at the Sleeping Giant Provincial Park over the weekend.

THUNDER BAY – Jim Madder says he’s pretty pleased with the direction Confederation College took over the past three years. The school president on Thursday said on the biggest changes between 2013 and 2016 is demographics.

THUNDER BAY -- The inquest into the cases of seven youths from remote First Nations who died while they were attending high school in Thunder Bay between 2000 and 2011 has begun its third and final stage.

WAUZHUSHK ONIGUM FIRST NATION -- Grand Council Treaty 3 has elected its second consecutive grand chief from Naokamegwanning First Nation (Whitefish Bay).