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Faced with government regulations that require the charitable organization to staff its second-hand construction supply store with 90 per cent volunteer time, Habitat’s local president and CEO Diane Mitchell on Tuesday issued a plea to the public to

A plane crash on Monday near Sioux Lookout has claimed the life of the aircraft’s pilot. Sioux Lookout OPP on Tuesday said the plane, occupied by a man from Sunfish Lake, Minn., and a dog, went down in the water south of the chutes on Abram Lake.

One person has died following a crash on Highway 17, police confirmed Tuesday morning. Officials with the Superior East OPP say officers are now investigating a motor vehicle crash that took place about 15 kilometres south of Wawa on Highway 17.

Municipalities in Ontario should get a cut of HST from gasoline and diesel to pay for infrastructure city council says. Council voted Monday to back a proposal from CAA asking the province to use part of the $1.53 billion HST from gas to fill a $3.

The city’s debt is down and reserves are up council heard Monday night. Consolidated financial statements ending Dec. 31, 2010 state the city’s debt is $169.9 million, that’s down from $182.1 million in 2009. While that’s a $12.

An information-only report got councilllors considering the city’s boards and committees Monday. The report looked into whether or not remuneration for members of the city’s various boards and committees should be indexed for inflation.

Michael Fox’s first priority as Webequie First Nation’s newly appointed Ring of Fire senior director is to form a communications strategy.

A stretch of Strathcona Avenue will close to through traffic on Wednesday, the city announced recently. The section of Strathcona, from Hodder Avenue to Spruce River Road, will be closed to through traffic from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Thunder Bay branches of the Northern Lights Credit Union are treated like poor cousins despite doing as much business as all the other regional branches combined, says a union representative. At 8 a.m.

AbitibiBowater has promised to invest millions of dollars to restart an idled Ignace sawmill, but the deal won’t go ahead without the consent of the local labour union.