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It’s not hard to be a little safer, said the president of Hammarskjold High School’s Smartrisk group.

Gary Cooper wants Thunder Bay to become the city with the giant heart transplant.

Thunder Bay’s AbitibiBowater sawmill will see 50 new jobs created from an $8 million investment from the company’s board of directors.

A local man has been charged with mischief after a standoff with police Wednesday night. Police responded to the 300 block of Bay Street around 9:30 p.m.

Residents of Shuniah say if it isn't broke don't fix it when it comes to a change in their address.

A stubborn fire at the old Abitibi Mission Mill kept firefighters busy for the majority of Wednesday afternoon. Crews responded to an automatic fire alarm at the City Road facility around 12 p.m. Wednesday.

Mark Covino is living proof that seatbelts save lives. In 1994 the Thunder Bay resident was traveling home with his sister from Chapleau along the Trans Canada highway when an 18-wheeler slid across the yellow line and struck his vehicle head on.

Law enforcement officers from across the region got a lesson in sobriety testing from some impaired volunteers Wednesday afternoon.

Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board wants public input on how it can solve its future financial issues, says the chair of the review panel. The WSIB panel held its public session at the Valhalla Inn on Wednesday.

The leader of the Conservative Party of Canada is coming to town. Moe Comuzzi-Stehmann, the party's candidate for Thunder Bay-Rainy River, said Stephen Harper will be at the DaVinci Centre on Monday evening.