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When industry comes knocking on the doors of First Nations, leaders of those communities may now have a better idea how to answer, said Nishawnbe-Aski Nation’s Grand Chief.

A ceremonial groundbreaking took place Thursday for a project that has been 20 years in the making, a local MPP said.

A 50-year-old Manitoba man died following an industrial accident in Sioux Lookout. The Sioux Lookout detachment of the OPP received a report of what they are calling an industrial accident around 6 p.m. on Wednesday.

The Minister of Natural Resources says they’re only in the first steps of finding out what impact Agent Orange had on some forestry workers between 1950 and 1970.

Area forestry activity doesn’t seem to be having a negative impact on area migratory birds, said a university professor who has collected a decade’s worth of research on the subject.

Police arrested a Thunder Bay man after they found prescription pills following a search of a Queen Street home.

Tax cheaters in the underground economy have a lot to potentially lose: their homes, their business and their freedom. Get caught and found guilty and not only could they face restitution and fines, but could also be locked away for up to five years.

A proposed blockade near Marten Falls might be the only way to get the government to listen, says Matawa’s Ring of Fire co-ordinator. Raymond Ferris said blockades, like one that took place on Jan.

A Brodie Street apartment building owner has been hit with a big fine for fire code violations.

It took Thunder Bay fire crews nearly two hours to extinguish an early morning garage fire in Westfort. Firefighters arrived on scene on Francis Street just before 7 a.m. Wednesday to find the garage completely engulfed in flames.