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A city councillor says he’s disappointed more people didn’t attend an information session on Thunder Bay’s proposed master fire plan.

Tim Heney says it’s hard to tell what grain traffic in Thunder Bay will look like next year, but he does believe it will be good.

The town of Sioux Lookout has decided to repeal its controversial ban on plastic shopping bags. The ban was brought in by the previous council in Sioux Lookout as a way to reduce the high number of plastic bags going into the town's landfill.

Lakehead University student groups held a peaceful rally Thursday afternoon in response to attacks on the campus’ Pride Central office. For the second year in a row, the office has been the target of break-ins.

Chiefs with the Matawa First Nations say they are withdrawing their support of all development efforts in the Ring of Fire.

It appears the seemingly never-ending construction project on the Thunder Bay Expressway at Red River Road is about to wrap up.

More than 240 phone calls have been made to city police from an Andras Court apartment complex over the last year. That’s the same location where a stabbing spree occurred nearly two weeks ago.

Police have arrested two men in connection with recent robberies at Mac’s convenience stores. Darcy Belmore, 25, was taken into custody Wednesday by the Thunder Bay Police Service and charged with three counts of robbery.

There is no doubt Bill Mauro wanted a seat in Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty’s cabinet. “I think if you’re doing this work, you should want to be in cabinet,” said the Liberal MPP for Thunder Bay-Atikokan.

Rookie MPP Sarah Campbell says she can’t wait to roll up her sleeves and get to work for Kenora – Rainy River.