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AbitibiBowater has a new name. After an internal selection process that saw hundreds of entries from employees, the company has decided to call itself Resolute Forest Products. The change will take effect on Nov.

A 29-year-old man arrested in connection with a stabbing spree at a north-side apartment complex made a brief court appearance via video Tuesday. Eli Ayom John faces numerous charges stemming from the Saturday morning incident.

Thunder Bay Police are investigating another incident in which a vehicle has caused extensive damage to a city owned golf course. Police say sometime over the weekend, a car was driven onto Chapples Golf Course and two greens were torn up.

The former Steep Rock Mine site in Atikokan will no longer house a processing plant for the Bending Lake Iron Ore Group. Instead, the proposed facility will be set up closer to Ignace.

There could be two more wind farms coming to the region. Toronto’s Gilead Power Corp. has begun preliminary testing on land in Lappe and Oliver-Paipoonge.

A multimedia company has provided funds to see if it’s possible to place a community psychology clinic at Lakehead University.

A search continues in the Dryden area for a missing Winnipeg man. 25-year-old Lukas Whitmore was last seen Oct. 2 just west of Dryden.

TBSO begins another season of unforgettable sound discovery next week with its first Masterworks concert themed Fast Forward.

As Shelter House got ready to serve its annual Thanksgiving Day meal, the director reminds people in Thunder Bay that hunger is growing every day.

A two alarm fire sent one person to hospital Sunday night. Smoke was spotted coming from a second story window at a home on Banning Street just after 11 p.m. Sunday. Fire crews entered the building and contained the fire to an upstairs bedroom.