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Every year Bob Hookham says he sees the need for help in Thunder Bay growing while aid from the provincial and federal governments continue to shrink.

A routine traffic stop Thursday morning turned into a drug bust after a police officer smelled pot from the vehicle. Officials with the Kenora detachment of the OPP say officers stopped an eastbound vehicle on Highway 17A in Kenora around 2 a.m.

Kenora detachment OPP officers arrested a 17-year-old boy from Dryden and charged with him trafficking narcotics after seizing 350 grams of marijuana. Officials with the OPP say officers with the Kenora detachment stopped a vehicle just after 8:30 p.

Three Ontario men were fined a total of $2,750 after being convicted for a number of offences related to illegal moose hunting. Officials with the Ministry of Natural Resources say Jim Martin, of Owen Sound, Ont.

Police closed a lane on Highway 11/17 Wednesday west of Thunder Bay for nearly four hours after a house on a flatbed truck caught fire.

Ontario's highest court has reduced the jail sentence for the a woman involved in a major welfare fraud case.

The region’s hospital is in an official state of crisis. A 1A crisis designation has been called for Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.

Gas prices in Thunder Bay have jumped again, two weeks after the last hike. At least one local gas station raised their prices by seven cents a litre overnight, leading to pump prices of almost $1.

A City of Thunder Bay garbage truck was completely destroyed by fire last night. The truck was parked inside a large maintenance building on Mountdale Avenue at the time. The fire broke out around 7 p.m.

A power outage on the city's north side left about 1,600 Thunder Bay Hydro customers without power Wednesday morning, including Lakehead University. The outage took place just after 7 a.m.