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The OPP is investigating the sudden death of a Dryden area resident. Stanley Shabaquay, 51, of Wabigoon Lake First Nation died on Thursday. Treaty 3 Police, assisted by the Dryden detachment of the OPP, were called to the scene.

The Waterfront District BIA is looking to expand the sidewalks on St. Paul Street to 15 feet in order to have outside patios available for customers.

Kari Jefford says she’s worried about women’s rights in Canada. The president of Canadian Auto Workers Local 229 and about 15 other people held a protest in response to a pro-life group called the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform.

Imagine waking up dead with a thirst for blood only to realize your family, who passed away years earlier, may now share that same, twisted fate.

Participants at this year’s Thunder Pride event gave the city a passing grade for being open to the LGBTQ community. Hundreds attended the concert portion of the second annual weeklong event held at Prince Arthur’s Landing on Saturday.

Judy Roy has never sat on the sidelines for the Ride for Dad event but she found herself waving as hundreds of bikers rode by. Roy made the best out of an unforeseen situation at the annual prostate cancer fundraiser on Saturday.

Michael Antcliffe has led the fight against cancer in Thunder Bay for several years, so it was fitting he was out in front of the Relay for Life’s survivor victory lap Friday at Fort William Historical Park.

A year ago, four friends got together over a few drinks lamenting the fact that they couldn’t get a good beer in Thunder Bay. Unlike other drinks that get better with time, beer is better fresh and the city didn’t have a brewery.

Both local Liberal MPPs are surprised and disappointed in the gutting of the province’s budget bill by the NDP and Progressive Conservatives.

The city’s disaster relief committee has now met face-to-face.