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THUNDER BAY -- Oleksandr Bubon is a step closer to bringing portable positron emission tomography to remote communities throughout Northwestern Ontario.

The short documentary titled One Day in May highlights the May 28 flood that rocked the city, and a fundraising campaign that was quickly organized in response to the disaster.

THUNDER BAY -- Police are investigating an early morning armed convenience store robbery. Officers with the Thunder Bay Police Service say the robbery took place at the Mac's convenience store at 600 Arthur Street West just after midnight Friday.

Brad Dunville said it took three hours for his heart rate to come down. Dunville and his girlfriend Ashley Colbey were asleep early Thursday morning in their Newton Crescent basement apartment when they were awakened by a loud crash.

The two multimillion dollar class action lawsuits against the city have scaled back the scope of a study looking into the damages caused by the May 28th floods.

A First Nation chief is criticizing the prospectors union for supporting a mining official some believe made racially insensitive comments to a national newspaper.

The head of mining services with Thunder Bay's Economic Development Commission says he's not panicking over news that a Ring of Fire mining project may be delayed even further.

THUNDER BAY -- Wayne Fletcher is assuring donations to the Disaster Relief Fund will go to deserving individuals who suffered a great disaster.

FORT FRANCES, Ont. -- The OPP has confirmed that the death of a man discovered in the community last week is a homicide. A worker at the Mid Town Motel contacted police last Friday after discovering the body in a room at the business.

THUNDER BAY -- Lakehead University continues to move its law school forward, a task president Brian Stevenson says is the institute’s biggest accomplishment of the last year.