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Mayor Keith Hobbs remains optimistic he can help convince Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. to locate a ferrochrome processing plant in Thunder Bay.

The Special Investigations Unit is asking anyone with information about a death at Kakabeka Falls Wednesday afternoon to come forward. A man fell to his death at the provincial park after 4 p.m.

Right or wrong, a university is judged mainly on its research funding. Based on that merit, Lakehead University must be doing something right after receiving over $1 million in funding from the Social Sciences and Humanitarian Research Council.

A doctor’s note has led to a month-long delay for the hearing for a city police officer accused of misconduct. Attorneys negotiated briefly at the public hearing for Thunder Bay Police Service officer Sgt. Jim Mauro on Wednesday.

Cooking breakfast and supper are going to get more expensive as winter hits Thunder Bay. Thunder Bay Hydro officials confirmed on Wednesday that the controversial time-of-use electricity rates are kicking in either later this week or early next week.

Police are looking for a man who made off with cash and cigarettes after an early morning convenience store robbery Wednesday.

Police in Dryden are again asking the public for help in locating a missing Winnipeg man. Officials with the Dryden detachment of the OPP say they are trying to locate Lukas Whitmore, 25, of Winnipeg. He was last seen on Oct. 2 just west of Dryden.

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No person was injured, but a family’s dog did die following a house fire Tuesday evening. Thunder Bay Firefighters were called to a Sprague Street home just after 5 p.m.

Citing health concerns, a pair of schools in southern Ontario has pulled the plug on wireless networks. But as the Wi-Fi debate continues, schools in this area do not appear eager to disconnect. Wayside Academy in Peterborough, Ont.