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A Regional Supervising Coroner says it’s too soon to tell if recent overdose deaths are connected to the changes in obtaining Oxycontin.

A North Spirit Lake man is in custody following a stabbing and extended standoff that began Tuesday. Nishnawbe-Aski Police were dispatched to a home in the remote community Tuesday following a report a man had been injured.

The Urban Boutique has turned to Facebook to help solve a recent break and enter at the Thunder Bay store. Around 1:30 a.m. on March 9, the Memorial Avenue clothing store had its front door smashed in and about $3,000 worth of merchandise stolen.

The city’s mayor says it’s time for the local police force to step up enforcement when it comes to convenience store robberies.

Police have charged a motorist with stunt driving following a speed enforcement blitz on Oliver Road Monday.

After more than two years, the city has a plan to erase its graffiti problem. Council approved a pilot project Monday night that includes a strategic plan, a tracking database and even a hotline number to deal with the problem.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy says the smell of greasy food almost made him cry after eating authentic Indian food for nearly a week.

The epidemic of convenience store robberies continued into early Tuesday morning, this time leaving a store clerk with minor injuries.

For the third time in as many days, a Mac's Convenience Store clerk has found the business end of a syringe pointed at them in a threatening manner. The Mac's on North May Street was hit again on Monday night, just before 7:30 p.m.

A new parkade would be needed in the north core if an event centre moved in, council learned Monday. The suggestion, made by CEI Architecture’s Conrad Boychuk, seemed to be news to both council and administration. Coun.