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Henry Wojak on Thursday became the fourth candidate to file to seek election in Neebing Ward in the upcoming municipal election.

Students at the Thunder Bay’s two major school boards collectively raised more than $4.4 million during the 2009-10 school year, but officials with both boards say the money was not used to fund capital projects.

A security company says people selling security systems door-to-door under its name are imposters. Apex Investigation & Security Inc.

A veteran OPP officer who pleaded guilty to mischief and willfully obstructing a woman's e-mail account has managed to avoid jail time. 48-year-old Claude Montfort was a constable in Terrace Bay when the offences occurred between 2005 and 2007.

Some good news on Thunder Bay's waterfront in what has been an otherwise disappointing shipping season.

Less than a year after breaking ground, officials with Confederation College say a new medical building is on track to be completed by its deadline next spring.

Local retailers get a passing grade when it comes to recognizing point-of-sale exemptions for the recently implemented harmonized sales tax, secret shopper says.

The EMS station in Conmee has been closed temporarily due to mould. Paramedics and fire fighters have been relocated to the Kakabeka Falls fire station until the Conmee station is confirmed to be mould-free and there are no health and safety risks.

When eight northern ministers put their heads together they found that most of the issues that plagued their communities shared a common theme. More than 70 people participated at the 10th annual Northern Development Ministers’ forum.

Contract talks resumed Wednesday between the Northern Ontario School of Medicine and 152 support workers in Sudbury and Thunder Bay. The workers hit the picket lines on Aug. 16.