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Community gardens benefit everyone in Thunder Bay.

The suspicious death of a murder suspect housed at the Thunder Bay District Jail will result in a coroner’s inquest. Cody Allister Thompson, 18, was rushed to Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre on Aug.

A report has found that Ontario First Nation communities will need more than $8 billion to fix infrastructure gaps.

Oliver-Paipoonge Mayor Lucy Kloosterhuis says the rural community is revisiting an old idea to create a bicycle and walking trail system between Fort William Historical Park and Kakabeka Falls.

City officials have lifted a four-day outdoor water ban after completing repairs to a Marina Park watermain. City workers completed repairs to a 32-year-old rusted pipe joint Monday.

Thunder Bay’s love of chili is allowing a local fast-food restaurant to make a sick child’s wish come true. Jim Edwards, president of the local Wendy’s restaurants, on Monday presented a cheque for $10,000 to Children’s Wish Foundation Thunder Bay.

Bouncers across Thunder Bay are facing fines up to $25,000 and a year in prison after a Friday night sweep of local bars by the OPP’s anti-rackets branch. The raids targeted seven bars in the city, and are likely to continue, said OPP Det. Staff-Sgt.

John Rafferty said he always thought his boss Jack Layton would return to work in the fall. It wasn’t meant to be. The 61-year-old Layton died early Monday morning, surrounded by friends and family at his Toronto home.

Residents of South Norah Street had a close encounter of the bear kind on Sunday.

Dancing in powwows helped Chelsea Dault through the tough times in her life.