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A 14-year-old boy living in a trailer park near Fort Frances has been charged with attempted murder. Officials with the Rainy River District OPP say officers responded to a call at the Lakeview Trailer Park regarding a missing youth just before 6 p.

Andre Wareham was overwhelmed after hearing a jury find him not guilty on charges of second-degree murder in the 2009 death of Bill Atkins. “I’m OK. I’m just glad it’s over.

The city’s inflation rate remained unchanged in the first month of 2012.

Recommendations in the Drummond report probably aren’t a surprise to those working in health care, a local hospital official says. The report suggests getting patients away from costly hospital visits and stays.

While there are some concerns, the city says it is already following many of the recommendations made in the Drummond Report.

The United Way of Thunder Bay set a lofty $2.525-million fundraising goal in 2011. When all the pennies were counted they surpassed it, if only barely, cracking their target by a mere $226.

Students in Grades 4 to 6 across the city had a chance to show off their creative side Thursday at the ninth annual Arts Fiesta. This year's theme, Catch a Dream, brought hundreds of students together to showcase artwork in several areas.

Mayor Keith Hobbs says he would describe the charges of misconduct against a Thunder Bay police sergeant as a witch hunt.

Worldwide, mining exploration is worth $17 billion to the global economy. Twenty per cent of that money is being invested in Canada.

Police are investigating a south-side stabbing that took place Wednesday evening. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say a 24-year-old man was walking in a laneway off of May Street, near Bethune and Cumming Streets, at about 9:30 p.m.