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Activists took a stand against greed and financial corruption with their own Occupy Wall Street movement at Waverly Park. More than 30 people participated at the Occupy Thunder Bay rally on Saturday.

Ron Bourret remember almost being swept overboard delivering a meal to the captain of the SS Keewatin .

As a member of the Canadian Merchant Navy in the Second World War, Robert Hughes worked as a gunner on merchant ships. He would teach merchant men how to use and look after the armament and any other defense needed on the ship.

A new method of drug education is needed as the just-say-no message has fallen on deaf ears.

Motorists could face delays near Memorial Avenue this weekend. The City of Thunder Bay announced it will be shutting down north-bound traffic on Memorial Avenue, between Dunlop Street and the Harbour Expressway on Sunday.

Northwestern Ontario women are getting the breast screening message, but the numbers still have room to improve, says the manager of screening programs at Regional Cancer Care Northwest.

An alleged breach of confidentiality by Mayor Keith Hobbs is still under investigation. The probe by the Ontario Civilian Police Commission was launched seven months ago.

Police officers in Kenora found nearly 11 pounds of pot after a traffic stop Friday. Officers with the Kenora detachment of the OPP say they stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation in the City of Kenora around 2 a.m.

A 53-year-old Thunder Bay woman was rescued from Lake Superior on Thursday afternoon. Just before 3 p.m. Thunder Bay OPP responded to a call of an overturned kayak in Black Bay.

In just four minutes, almost $200,000 in damage was caused by a microburst to the Thunder Bay Therapeutic Riding Association’s indoor arena and barn just before the Labour Day long weekend.