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Nishnawbe Aski Nation officials say the reliance of Far North communities on diesel power generation is their greatest energy challenge.

Keely Banning says she was shocked and saddened to learn the city’s Centennial Botanical Conservatory could be facing the chopping block.

The sale of at least one city-owned golf course is looking very possible. This past week, six members of council announced they would favour limiting the city's role in the local golf sector.

A local computer programmer has cut out the middleman when it comes to trading video games. Chris Armstrong has had the idea of developing an online application that allows gamers to trade games for a few years.

Local private golf course owners believe the city should sell at least one municipally-owned course. “They’re not making any money. They’re not providing services that the private sector’s not already providing.

A class action lawsuit against the RCMP will soon be filed, according to Thunder Bay lawyer Sandy Zaitzeff.

A class action lawsuit against the RCMP will soon be filed, according to Thunder Bay lawyer Sandy Zaitzeff.

The sewage treatment facility at Kasabonika Lake First Nation has reached its limit. The fly-in community, roughly 800 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, first built the sewage plant in the 1990s.

Kelly Saxberg is waiting. The 49-year-old filmmaker and mother of three finished a film called Under the Red Star in August of 2011 and has since tried to submit the historical and dramatic documentary to film festivals across North America.

A Terrace Bay man who went missing earlier this week has been found dead in a forested area of the North Shore community.