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The lone Thunder Bay contestant in a national spelling bee has finished in ninth place out of 21 contestants.

With more than 17 films to see, movie patrons say the biggest problem at this year’s annual Northwest Film Fest is deciding which one to pick. Film buffs and movie patrons lined up at the Silvercity Famous Players Theatre on Sunday.

With a federal election set for May 2, most residents say they aren’t happy that they’re heading to polls this spring.

Police charged a 17-year-old-boy with assault with a weapon after he allegedly pulled a knife on a bouncer. Thunder Bay Police Service officers say a fight broke out between the 17-year-old and a bouncer outside a Victoria Avenue bar on Saturday.

Sheila Robertson’s mother always told her to go jump in a lake. On Saturday, she jumped in to a river instead. Robertson and about 70 other participants took the 2011 Polar Plunge in support of the Special Olympic Games.

The more a community participates in grassroots projects the healthier it becomes, says the economic development officer of Aroland First Nation.

Miyo Tanaka moved to Thunder Bay from Japan in 2009 and when she saw the devastation caused by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 11, she immediately needed to do something to help.

One of the four young men charged with the murder of a 54-year-old Thunder Bay man was in provincial court Friday. Nicholas Webber, 18, made a brief appearance in person at the request of his lawyer Chris Watkins.

For the first time in Ontario, guidelines have been created that give students the right to attend a publicly funded school without paying certain fees.

While most area federal candidates can agree they didn’t want an election, which party is to blame for the spring race depends on who is asked.