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THUNDER BAY – Jim Madder says he’s pretty pleased with the direction Confederation College took over the past three years. The school president on Thursday said on the biggest changes between 2013 and 2016 is demographics.

THUNDER BAY -- The inquest into the cases of seven youths from remote First Nations who died while they were attending high school in Thunder Bay between 2000 and 2011 has begun its third and final stage.

WAUZHUSHK ONIGUM FIRST NATION -- Grand Council Treaty 3 has elected its second consecutive grand chief from Naokamegwanning First Nation (Whitefish Bay).

TIMMINS -- Dozens of people have been charged with more than 300 criminal offences related to a massive drug seizure in Timmins. Police say the drugs were destined for the James Bay coast.

After an investigation into the cause of the outbreak at the Valhalla Inn on May 14, laboratory tests confirmed the presence of norovirus. Norovirus causes nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

THUNDER BAY – Gas prices are on the rise once again, this time jumping up nearly seven cents at some stations. According to the online gas-price watchdog ontariogasprices.

THUNDER BAY -- A local real estate developer has announced plans for Thunder Bay's newest Condominium. This plot of land, located on Dawson Road near Sherwood Drive, will soon be transformed into a 24-unit, four-story condominium.

THUNDER BAY – The province has promised to spend $222 million over the next three years, then an additional $105 million annually to close the health-care gap in First Nations communities.

The region’s hospital could find itself with more than just constant gridlock problems if the province continues to slash hospital budgets, warn health-care advocates.

(Marathon, ON) –Over the past few weeks of May, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment has received several reports of discarded garbage. This garbage is being dumped in areas not allocated for waste disposal.