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Without any higher levels of government funding, the City of Thunder Bay is spending up to $20 million on roadwork this construction season.

Global Sticks intends to create enough ice cream sticks, corn dog sticks, tongue depressors and paint paddles to give one to just about every person on the planet.

The mayor of Fort Frances says he is shocked to learn the town may have to pay AbitibiBowater more than $2 million.

Officials with Confederation College visited and officially opened its Wawa campus Friday. The Wawa campus opened its doors Friday with an official ribbon cutting and an open house for the community.

High gas prices are driving up Thunder Bay's inflation rate. According to numbers from Statistics Canada, the rate of inflation for the city rose from 3.4 per cent in March to 3.7 in April.

Officers with the Thunder Bay detachment of the OPP are preparing for what is traditionally a busy holiday weekend. Sgt. Shelley Garr said officers will be checking highways, waterways and trails for seatbelt violations and impaired drivers.

The United Way of Thunder Bay managed to collect nearly $150,000 from its annual high-rise fundraising event. Officials with the United Way announced Friday that the organization raised about $146,000 from its annual Billboard Rescue campaign.

Walleye season opens Saturday, May 21and officials with Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources is reminding anglers to have their fishing license on them at all times Conservation Officer Ross Johnston said MNR officials will be on the lakes this we

City motorists are still feeling it at the pumps. Over the past week, gas prices across the province have fallen by six to eight cents a litre but that's not the case in Thunder Bay. Prices around the city continue to hover above $1.43 a litre.

It's not clear how long a dozen people evacuated from their apartments last night on Frederica Street will be out of their homes. Around a dozen people, including two children, were left homeless after a fire broke out around 8:30 p.m.