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A Toronto-based company confirmed Tuesday that it will use airport land to construct an 8.5 megawatt solar park. SkyPower announced last week it would build a solar park in the city to be completed by mid 2011.

Thunder Bay's EcoSuperior now has a shed to store fluorescent bulbs for recycling.

Approval of the proposed $31.6 million Police Services Board budget will have to wait until the new year to give the recently elected mayor a chance to look over the numbers.

Firefighters responded to an early morning garage fire on the city’s north end Tuesday. Thunder Bay Fire Service officials say firefighters responded to the 300 block of Talbot Street just after 2:30 a.m.

Current River Coun. Andrew Foulds is not a big fan of imposing a curfew on city teenagers. Foulds, a high school teacher by trade, argued vociferously on Monday night against fellow Coun.

Stray cats and dogs are one step closer to an automatic sterilization before the city’s animal services department will adopt them out to the general public.

Thunder Bay fire investigators believe they have determined the cause of a Sunday morning blaze on Wharton Road. Fire crews responded to the fire around 7 a.m.

Nishnawbe Aski-Nation Deputy Grand Chief Terry Waboose is taking a wait-and-see approach following last Thursday’s announcement that the federal government and Assembly of First Nations are creating a panel of experts to look into possible changes to

Police say they have one man in custody and are looking for another in connection with a robbery at the Mac's convenience store on West Arthur Street. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say the robbery took place around 8 p.m. Sunday.

An increased effort to encourage more Aboriginal, international and graduate students, as well as the continued push to get law school accreditation will be the immediate focus of Lakehead University over the next year.