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The region won’t be experiencing an economic boom unless its energy concerns are addressed a recent report says.

The basic challenges for a volunteer fire department are ensuring the firefighters have the right equipment and training to do the job, said Neebing’s deputy chief Dale Ashbee. Securing and retraining volunteers is the other challenge, he added.

The question of who has responsibility for one of Ontario's worst roads is still in limbo.

Unless a ferrochrome processing facility is built in Northwestern Ontario, a group of Northern chiefs are threatening to bring the Ring of Fire to its knees.

The push to have the Federal Northern Ontario Economic Development Program, better known to many as FedNor, become a permanent economic development agency has passed another hurdle. A private member’s bill sponsored by MP Anthony Rota (Lib.

A 28-year-old man is in custody following a frightening incident Friday morning. Responding to a complaint from a neighbour, officers with the Thunder Bay Police Service were sent to a north side residence.

Mayor Keith Hobbs used social media to help him win the election last October. Now he’s turned to Facebook for the public’s thoughts on Thunder Bay’s polarizing waterfront, which city officials on Wednesday announced could cost $8.

Those waiting to dock their boats at the city’s now under-construction marina are going to be waiting a long time, a member of the local yacht club says. The city announced Wednesday that an $8.

The future is now for Thunder Bay, says Mayor Keith Hobbs.

An area community has become the first First Nation in Canada to sign onto to a major solar project.