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The province is investing in research at Lakehead University. MPP's Bill Mauro (Lib., Thunder Bay – Atikokan) and Michael Gravelle (Lib., Thunder Bay – Superior North) have announced $219,000 to support a local project.

More than a hundred victims of May’s flooding disaster have taken advantage of the city’s flood relief effort. Many victims of May 28’s flooding came to city hall throughout the day in order to submit a claim.

Cell sites and towers, not mobile units, will be the solution to TbayTel’s network problems, says the company’s CEO.

The support has been pouring in for Ron Hebert and his dog, Teeka, since the Thunder Bay man shared his story about a recent string of bad luck.

A local corporation that spearheaded a project more than a decade in the making has disbanded, leaving a regional municipality to pick up the pieces.

The Thunder Bay Public Library is reaching out to help book lovers learn how to use new technology. The library has received a grant for a new Personal Technology Assistant this summer.

When Mueni Mulli and six youth from the Mully Children’s Family arrived in Vancouver from Kenya last month they thought they had been tricked. “It was supposed to be summer,” she said, noting they were shocked by the chilly weather.

For more than a century, people have been making their way to the Lakehead to celebrate the annual fair.

Officials with the Ministry of Natural Resources are reporting a relatively quiet weekend for fire activity in the Northwest. One new fire was confirmed for the Thunder Bay District, and three other fires were confirmed in other parts of the region.

Police in Kenora are investigating a couple of weekend collisions, including one that claimed a life. Officials with the OPP say a motorcycle crash west of Kenora killed a 30-year-old Manitoba woman.