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Immunologist Marina Ulanova has a medical mystery on her hands. Haemophilus influenza type A, a bacterial infection, has caught the attention of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine researcher.

Thunder Bay Police saya a male motorcyclist was airlifted to hospital on Friday night with major injuries after leaving the road. Police have closed Oliver Road between Mud Lake Road and Mining Road while they investigate the cause of the incident.

A recent study shows young Canadians aren’t saving for retirement, but the president of Thunder Bay’s youth professionals network says it’s all about planning for the future.

Police are looking for the ones responsible for damaging a 102-year-old CN Rail car last month. Sioux Lookout OPP officers say a historical Algoma Central Rail car was damaged in the evening on July 31.

Firefighters brought a fire under control after it gutted a garage on the corner of Kenogami Avenue and Carrie Street. Firefighters responded to the call around 4 a.m. Friday.

Mason Dean Is a lucky 13-year-old. On Wednesday the Thunder Bay youth was cycling on a sidewalk on Cumberland Street, making his way to the skateboard park at Prince Arthur’s Landing. He never got there.

The Ontario government has threatened teachers and school boards with back to work legislation but an area MPP says that’s just political posturing.

The paint has already dried on the city’s newest bike lanes. City workers already painted the lines for the bike lanes on Arundel Street early Friday morning with plans to paint Hudson Street, Vickers Street and Huron Avenue.

Northbound traffic on the James Street Bridge will be closed while workers make some repairs. The city announced that the northbound lane on the swing bridge will be closed from Aug. 7 at 6 a.m. until Aug. 8.

The Elks Lodge, a fixture in Fort William for the past 85 years, is for sale. With the new consolidated courthouse under construction right across the street, house lodge president Steve Merlo said they’ve received interest in the property.