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A potential new name for AbitibiBowater is being left up to its employees. For two weeks workers were given the opportunity to submit their ideas.

Some city councillors say a plebiscite on a proposed mutliplex isn’t necessary given the amount of support they’ve heard for the project from the public.

Northwestern Ontario has already seen three drowning deaths this spring; all three were male and weren’t wearing life jackets. “Had they been, they might be alive,” said Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officer Ross Johnston.

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.