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Bruce Hyer is driven to challenge the belief that opposition politicians can’t make a difference.

THUNDER BAY – It was a busy long weekend for travel at the city’s airport. Thunder Bay International Airport CEO Ed Schmidtke says an estimated 7,500 passengers went through the local airport throughout the Thanksgiving long weekend.

THUNDER BAY -- By the end of 2020 Tbaytel hopes it will have spent $40.5 million to get nearly the entire city hooked on fibre. The company has spent nearly $9.

Few would expect the executive director of a homeless shelter to cast candidacy for the Liberals but Patty Hajdu believes hers is the only party bold enough to see now is the time for social investment.

THUNDER BAY – Police have recovered a backpack stolen from a Thunder Bay Police Service officer's personal vehicle but the prohibited-class handgun and three magazines of ammunition that were in the bag when it was stolen are still missing.

Andrew Foulds says he wants to do more.

SUDBURY -- Residents of Sudbury just can't bear it anymore. City officials have set up a committee of experts in an effort to find a solution to an influx of unwelcome black bears, known as "nuisance bears." Coun.

THUNDER BAY -- The question has traditionally been paper or plastic. But the city will no longer be accepting clear plastic bags for leaf and yard waste starting this year.

THUNDER BAY -- Nick Purich spent his first Thanksgiving in town buying turkey dinner for the homeless -- 300 dinners, to be exact.

THUNDER BAY -- The Thunder Bay Field Naturalists are buying 162 hectares of land to create a nature reserve on the west side of Black Bay.