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The Thunder Bay District Health Unit has issued a new well-water food and safety update. The release was issued to local media Wednesday afternoon. Below is the entire news release as it was sent to media.

Melissa Willcott says Ontario politicians need to stop worrying so much about the name of a club and focus more on what it does. The 18-year-old Grade 12 student at St.

Police have confirmed one report of someone looting a flooded house on Wednesday. Thunder Bay Police Service received the report on May 29 sometime in the evening about a break and enter of a home after it was flooded.

The latest round of census data has been released by Statistics Canada, and it shows Thunder Bay's population continues to get older. According to the 2011 census, the number of children aged 14 and under in the Thunder Bay area dropped from 16.

Dougall Media has co-ordinated a fundraising event with the Salvation Army and Intercity Shopping Centre in response to the recent flooding that has impacted hundreds of homeowners in the city. Dougall Media radio stations including 103.

The city still needs people to stop sending unnecessary water down drains as it tackles flooding at the sewage treatment plant. All seven temporary pumps are in place with an 80-megalitre capacity.

One of the major players in the Ring of Fire development is delaying the release of its feasibility study. Officials with Noront Resources say they want to evaluate recent announcements by Cliffs Natural Resources and the province.

The end is near for a three-year-old theft ring case in Thunder Bay. Louis Rosin, 46, was arrested in January 2009, and was facing several stolen property, drug, and weapons charges.

The repairs to a section of Highway 11/17 near Vibert Road that leads into the community of Kakabeka Falls could take up to two weeks to repair. A large portion of road collapsed following massive flooding.

Jessica Sharpe was horrified Monday morning when she did her paper route.