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Many women in Ontario don’t know their rights under family law says the co-ordinator of a women’s legal education project.

Police arrested a suspect following an investigation into three taxicab robbery and carjackings. Police made the arrest with assistance from the Thunder Bay Police Emergency Task Unit and K9 Unit. Staff Sgt.

If it wasn’t for the John Howard Society, Peter MacDonald said he would probably be back on the streets. "I was in jail for things I did and this place opened my eyes," he said. "I lost my home.

One person is dead and another is in serious condition in hospital following two separate crashes in the region involving transport trucks. The fatality came this morning near Kenora on Highway 17A.

Paramedics in Thunder Bay have a new two-year collective agreement. About 90 workers with the Superior North EMS have voted to accept a new deal, which gives them a 1.5-per cent wage increase in each of the two years of the contract.

A garbage-strewn set of railroad tracks adjacent to a dead-end street in Westfort appears to have become a kitten dumping ground of late.

Despite April’s statistics, Thunder Bay’s housing starts in 2010 are slightly outpacing numbers recorded in 2009.

A proposed expansion to the River Terrace subdivision will go ahead despite a colourful rally outside of city hall Monday night.

The volunteers running Camp Quality work hard to raise $100,000 every year to run their summer program for children with cancer, so any donation they receive helps them breathe a little easier.

AbitibiBowater pulp and paper mill workers in Eastern Canada approved a new collective agreement that will protect the pensions of retired workers, but includes wage reductions for the current workforce.