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Organizers of the Northern Ontario Regional Conference want to hear what the provincial leaders have to say up close and in person.

The walkway across the Current River dam will not be closed for maintenance on Wednesday and Thursday as previously announced by the city. City officials on Wednesday said the work has been put on hold indefinitely.

Thunder Bay residents will be able to say their final farewells at a memorial service for NDP leader Jack Layton on Thursday. A vigil will take place in honour of Layton, who lost his battle with cancer Monday morning, at Hillcrest Park at 6 p.m.

Fires in Northwetern Ontario have set a 50-year record for most hectares burned so far this season. The Ministry of Natural Resources said 622,000 hectares of forest have burned so far this year, surpassing a record of 621,000 set in 1961.

A provincial fishing and hunting association is asking people to be on the lookout for invasive species in the area. Hailey Powell is an invasive species outreach coordinator with the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters.

Community gardens benefit everyone in Thunder Bay.

The suspicious death of a murder suspect housed at the Thunder Bay District Jail will result in a coroner’s inquest. Cody Allister Thompson, 18, was rushed to Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre on Aug.

A report has found that Ontario First Nation communities will need more than $8 billion to fix infrastructure gaps.

Oliver-Paipoonge Mayor Lucy Kloosterhuis says the rural community is revisiting an old idea to create a bicycle and walking trail system between Fort William Historical Park and Kakabeka Falls.

City officials have lifted a four-day outdoor water ban after completing repairs to a Marina Park watermain. City workers completed repairs to a 32-year-old rusted pipe joint Monday.