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Socorro Woodman says it’s important to ensure her children have an appreciation for the environment at an early age.

According to the Fraser Institute, Holy Family Elementary School is among the top 100 elementary schools in Ontario. The Rosslyn Road school ranked 88th on the think tank's comparison of 2,695 elementary schools across the province, scoring 8.

Police charged two men in connection to a robbery that happened early Sunday morning. Thunder Bay Police Service arrived at the 200 block of South Brodie Street around 3:30 a.m. for a reported assault in progress.

Abbotsford, BC, and Thunder Bay have something in common – each city recently received and dropped the infamous title of Canada’s murder capital.

Spelling Bee champion Jacklyn Spithoff dedicated her win in the memory of her grandma. The 13-year-old from Crestview Public School took home the top prize at the annual CanWest 2012 National Spelling Bee regional finals on Saturday.

There will be fewer seats at future Lakehead University board of governor meetings. Officials with the university’s board announced a reduction in board members and committees. The board reduced its 30 seats to 17 and committees from 11 to six.

Wil Mimnaugh likes being the guy you just missed.

A confusing situation in Ignace has finally come to a conclusion, and the vacant mayor’s position will be filled by the man who resigned from that position earlier this year.

Teen Challenge Thunder Bay is looking to hook city residents into spending the weekend outdoors at their first-ever ice fishing derby. It's set to kick off Saturday morning at 10 a.m. at Whitefish Lake.

The forest industry isn’t dead, says Doug Murray. He’ll soon have the jobs available to prove it. Murray, the general manager Resolute Forest Products Thunder Bay paper plant, says a turnaround in the U.S.