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Mayor Keith Hobbs has made it no secret he wants the waterfront development project micromanaged.

Dee Jaroway is usually on the other side contest giveaways. On Tuesday, the co-star of Rock 94’s morning show got the surprise of her life, when her ever-present Blackberry buzzed.

Dee Jaroway is usually on the other side contest giveaways. On Tuesday, the co-star of Rock 94’s morning show got the surprise of her life, when her ever-present Blackberry buzzed.

Meals on Wheels needs to fill 130 volunteer spots each week to deliver up to 170 meals daily to Thunder Bay residents, and on Thursday they had the help of the city’s top elected official.

A local company is set to take celebrity collections to a molecular level when it opens its doors next month. Celebrity Gene extracts DNA from the hair of celebrities and sells it in the form of a vial necklace.

An OPP officer is in custody and will face charges in court Friday.

A former Kenora mayor is facing impaired driving charges. According to officials from the Kenora detachment of the OPP, 74-year-old Len Compton was stopped at 2 a.m. Thursday after officers saw a vehicle being driven in a suspicious manner.

An 11-year-old girl who died after a brief disappearance in Sioux Lookout last weekend froze to death, police recently confirmed. Chloe Matthews, 11, went missing Friday evening.

The province’s Special Investigations Unit finished its investigation into the death of a 63-year-old man in custody in Sioux Lookout, and concluded that police played no role in the man’s death.

An area MP says he isn’t happy with possible leaks that were widely reported before the federal budget was officially released Tuesday, and now he’s bringing his concerns to the country’s ethics commissioner.