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McIntyre Ward candidate Christopher Watkins says First Nation communities are banishing undesirable band members to live in nearby municipalities.

The Chief of Superior North EMS has been handed an upgraded title. Norm Gale is now the president of the Association of Municipal Emergency Medical Services of Ontario. Gale was a unanimous choice at the association's recent annual conference.

Police arrested two teen girls and are now looking for a teenaged boy who allegedly chased, attacked and robbed a university student Tuesday night. Thunder Bay Police Service officers say the incident took place just after 10 p.m.

Striking Northern Ontario School of Medicine support workers will have to wait a bit longer before voting on a tentative agreement.

An area MPP says his office has been receiving a number of calls regarding shags and a possible crackdown on the potentially illegal money making raffles many of them feaure. As reported by tbnewswatch.

Prostate cancer biopsies are hit or miss, but a local company believes it’s come up with a safety net test that will vastly increase detection rates and ultimately save lives.

Barring a last-minute breakthrough in negotiations, city transit workers will hit the picket line next Wednesday morning.

Police charged five people after raiding and finding drugs at a Simpson Street home Friday. Officers with the combined forces organized crime unit searched a home in the 300 block of Simpson Street.

Operation Red Nose is returning for its second year. The program launched for the first time in Thunder Bay last year, and provides a safe ride home for residents during the holiday season. The service was first introduced in December, 2009.

Neebing Ward candidate Gary Shchepanik is dropping out of the race.