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The new federal speaker of the house needs to have a firm hand and treat every Member of Parliament fairly, says on of Thunder Bay’s two MPs.

A vocal advocate of eradicating polio worldwide made a stop in Thunder Bay Thursday and gave high school students a lesson on dreaming big. Confederation College graduate Ramesh Ferris was struck by polio as a child.

Moira Haggarty was honoured just to be nominated for a Thunder Bay Community Foundation scholarship, so she was more than a little surprised when she learned she was receiving two scholarships.

The Thunder Bay Boys and Girls Club has been met with generosity from the community following a weekend robbery. A flat screen television set was recently taken from the building on Windsor Street, while another television was smashed.

A 41-year-old Fort Frances man is facing several sex-related charges for offenses allegedly involving children.

CP Rail officials are alerting people living near Shabaqua about a pair of road closures that may impact area motorists later this month. Block 3 Road, also known as Michener Road, will be closed from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Police snagged nearly half a million dollars’ worth of pot after a drug bust in Oliver-Paipoonge Wednesday. Police officers with combined forces organized crime unit searched a home on Spence Road in the Township of Oliver-Paipoonge Wednesday.

Limited parking and no opportunities to expand makes downtown Port Arthur a poor choice for the proposed multiplex arena, many people said during a public meeting Wednesday evening.

Helping to raise money is one way youth can give back to the community, a local high school student says.

One death could help dozens of lives now that a bone and tissue recovery team is operating in Thunder Bay.