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The Thunder Bay and District Health Unit says recent cases of mumps and measles should serve as reminders for everyone to get their vaccine shots. In Quebec, about 650 people have contracted the measles since January.

While there have been ticks with Lyme disease found in this district, the area’s health unit says they are not a serious threat.

Many John Street Road area residents are upset about a Bell Mobility plan to install a telecommunications tower in the neighbourhood. The development was the subject of a public meeting Wednesday night at the Travelodge Airlane.

Thunder Bay Mayor Keith Hobbs says the total cost for the city to host the evacuees and act as a transportation hub could be well over a million dollars. The last of the Sandy Lake First Nation evacuees returned home from Thunder Bay on Tuesday.

A First Nation family home found burnt to the ground has sparked the Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief to call on the provincial and federal governments to provide financial help for all evacuees.

Access to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre's Wi-Fi service will soon be available to everyone, and not just hospital staff.

A Thunder Bay man has scratched his way to $50,000 in a lottery game. Clyde James Bannon, 69, won the jackpot on an Instant Crossword ticket purchased at a Mac’s Mart on South James Street.

Police say the driver who killed a two-year-old girl on the city’s south side Tuesday probably didn’t know what he had done.

A small portion of a popular recreational trail in Northwood will be closed and under construction for the next few weeks. The trail along the Neebing River at the Edward Street underpass is being closed in both directions for two to three weeks.

Officers with the Greenstone detachment of the OPP are reporting a tragic death over the recent long weekend. Police say a 16-year-old girl was killed in an incident involving an all-terrain vehicle on Saturday evening.