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Despite some minor rainfall, the Ministry of Natural Resources remains on high alert for forest fires in the region. The Northwest region has had roughly 250 forest fires so far this season.

A delegation from Thunder Bay's city sister in Japan has arrived for an official visit. The group from Gifu City met with local officials Thursday night to renew the twinning agreement between the two cities.

The purchase of the idled Terrace Bay pulp mill can only be described as monumental says a union official.

A Thunder Bay Police Service officer has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the fatal collision that happened more than a month ago.

That big white concert tent on Kenora's waterfront now has a name. The new facility opened last September with a concert by Blue Rodeo. Since then the city's brand leadership team has been working on what to call it.

With Tedeschi Trucks Band in the lineup; this year’s Blues Festival has reached a completely new level.

A local farmer hopes he’s been able to plant a seed into the mind of the Minister Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to bring in a younger generation into farming.

The city says at the province’s recommendation, they’ve hired a program manager to oversee the Thunder Bay and Area Disaster Relief Fund.

There is new life for the Terrace Bay mill. The Aditya Birla Group is purchasing the mill, which has been idle since December 2011, and plans to invest $250 million to convert the facility to dissolve wood pulp for rayon fibre.

An 83-year-old-man remains in critical condition following a two-vehicle crash in the city’s south end. Thunder Bay Police Service officers responded to a collision at the intersection of Waterloo Street and Arthur Street just before 11 a.m.