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Thunder Bay’s love of chili is allowing a local fast-food restaurant to make a sick child’s wish come true. Jim Edwards, president of the local Wendy’s restaurants, on Monday presented a cheque for $10,000 to Children’s Wish Foundation Thunder Bay.

Bouncers across Thunder Bay are facing fines up to $25,000 and a year in prison after a Friday night sweep of local bars by the OPP’s anti-rackets branch. The raids targeted seven bars in the city, and are likely to continue, said OPP Det. Staff-Sgt.

John Rafferty said he always thought his boss Jack Layton would return to work in the fall. It wasn’t meant to be. The 61-year-old Layton died early Monday morning, surrounded by friends and family at his Toronto home.

Residents of South Norah Street had a close encounter of the bear kind on Sunday.

Dancing in powwows helped Chelsea Dault through the tough times in her life.

The Kakabeka Street Fair has helped Pat Wielobob be her own boss. Wielobob and her husband, Henry started their jam business called H and P Jams and Jellies about five years ago.

Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner says he wants to focus on creating more local jobs. Schreiner paid his first visit to Thunder Bay on Saturday as part of his tour of Northwestern Ontario.

Having grown up in Thunder Bay, Carissa Brown felt right at home in the Yukon’s boreal forest. The 32-year-old Lakehead University graduate started her PhD in 2007.

The other morning I awoke with the clear and absolute knowledge that Charlie Sheen’s character on Two and a Half Men was going to be eaten by a bear. I wasn’t entirely sure how I came upon this preview of events, but there it was.

Mike Croft’s addiction to drugs was so strong that it overpowered his fear of needles. About the time he was 13-years-old, the native of British Columbia had smoked marijuana, snorted cocaine, taken acid and had already moved onto heroin.