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MARATHON – Two families received keys to their new homes on Saturday. Habitat for Humanity Thunder Bay officially announced the completion of the two homes in Marathon, the first builds the organization has conducted outside of Thunder Bay.

SCHREIBER, Ont. - A late blast of winter weather is causing trouble on area highways. Highway 17 between Schreiber and White River was briefly closed Sunday afternoon due to poor road conditions and disabled vehicles.

THUNDER BAY – Hundreds of city children had an early opportunity to get a treat from the Easter Bunny.

KENORA, Ont. - A Friday night snowmobile crash has claimed two lives while another person is in serious condition. The collision happened on Highwind Lake Road, about 35 kilometres from Kenora, east of Highway 71 to Sioux Narrows.

A man, armed with a syringe, is being sought in an early-moning convenience-store robbery. Thunder Bay Police say the suspect, who they did not describe, entered a Mac's Convenience store on South Waterloo Street at aproximately 4:47 a.m.

Brad Comuzzi said it didn’t feel any warmer jumping in Lake Superior the second time.

Future Shop is gone and it appears a Best Buy is on its way.

Future Shop is no more in Thunder Bay. Employees heading into work on Saturday morning were greeted with the bad news that the company was closing its doors, one of 131 Future Shop locations in Canada to shut down.

THUNDER BAY – The president and CEO of Noront Resources acknowledges the acquisition of the claims formerly held by Cliffs Natural Resources is a game changer for the Ring of Fire.

Michael Lundy says firefighters wouldn’t be sent to work without a hose and police officers wouldn’t hit the street without their guns.