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Lawyers have set a trial date for a local OPP officer accused of dangerous driving causing the death of an 18-year-old woman. Lawyers involved in the case met at the Superior Court of Justice in Thunder Bay on Tuesday to set a trial date.

A planned 8.5-megawatt solar forest on Thunder Bay International Airport Authority lands should start taking shape as early as next week.

A Thunder Bay driver had to be extricated from his car following a two-vehicle collision Monday evening. The incident took place around 5 p.m. at the intersection of Onion Lake Road and Lancaster Avenue, between a car and an SUV.

Residents are extremely happy with life in Thunder Bay.

A Thunder Bay man is dead as the result of injuries suffered in a motor vehicle crash earlier this month.

Thunder Bay Hydro rates are going up. The Ontario Energy Board has approved a hike of 0.18 per cent by the local utility. However, the actual increase on hydro bills will be about three per cent for homeowners and 3.

The top issue on the minds of most Thunder Bay-Superior North candidates as the May 2 federal election approaches is jobs and the economy. “That’s the heart of everything,” said Yves Fricot (Lib., Thunder Bay-Superior North).

Officials with Thunder Bay Hydro say they didn't detect any signs of energy conservation during Earth-Hour. Residents across the globe were encouraged to turn off their lights from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.

An investigator from the Fire Marshal’s Office is looking into the cause of a suspicious fire at an apartment building in the city’s south end.

The cost of delivering and purchasing flowers could mean big changes to the Canadian Cancer Society’s longstanding Daffodil Day fundraiser. The cancer society started the Daffodil Day fundraiser in Toronto in 1957.