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The Thunder Bay District Health Unit supports a report that urges Ontario to ban the marketing of junk food to children under 12 years old.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation officials are calling on the provincial and federal governments to address the issue of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Syndrome within their communities.

Tamara Landry is taking the self-defence skills she learned home to her teenage daughters.

Administration is looking at how much it's going to cost to repair all three of the city's outdoor pools. Council had asked administration to look at placing the repairs for Heath Park Pool into the 2013 budget.

Seeing no need for further debate or discussion, council has passed the 2013 budget, which includes a 7.1 per cent increase to water rates. Councillors remained silent as they ratified the multi-million dollar budget at Monday night’s meeting.

The newly formed Northern cabinet committee shows the North is getting ready to show its economic strength, says the Minister of Northern Development and Mines. The first meeting of the special cabinet committee was held last week in Sault Ste.

Every year the city purchases more than half a million dollars worth of food. The overwhelming majority of that food is for the city-run homes for the aged.

City council will hold its final vote on the 2013 budget tonight. It's the last chance to add or subtract anything from the document, which currently includes a tax increase of about 3.5 per cent.

Lakehead University has launched the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Mining and Exploration. The school hopes to play a lead role in economic development by bringing together Northern communities and the mining industry.

An ugly-looking south-side two-vehicle collision Monday afternoon looked worse than it was, say police on scene. A Chevy Blazer lay flipped on its side as a result of the crash.