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An interim wage increase for firefighters is a small step forward for the Thunder Bay Professional Firefighters’ Association.

The federal and provincial governments aren’t making things easier for Canadian airports, says Scott McFadden, president and CEO of the Thunder Bay International Airport Authority.

TV viewers have a new option. More than two years after receiving CRTC approval, TBayTel launched its much-talked-about digital television platform over the weekend.

The final person convicted in a major welfare fraud case on the Fort William First Nation will learn her fate in the new year. Patricia Charlie pleaded guilty for her part in the $1.2 million fraud scheme.

Thunder Bay Police have charged a young woman with arson following a Friday blaze at a Westfort townhouse. The fire broke out at a Georgina Bay residence at around midnight.

Firefighters say a working smoke alarm helped residents of a Mercier Street home extinguish a small fire and escape from the residence unharmed Monday morning.

Despite fears that a methadone clinic would scare away potential business, many area residents say their neighbourhood has been business as usual since the Frederica Street treatment centre began operating.

Heather McLeod has fulfilled another one of her dreams. The former CBC-Radio host hung up her microphone and decided to pursue her other dream – write a book.

Mavis Wood wants to do her fair share to keep the world clean. The 71-year-old grandmother of three said she wanted to be a senior who helped keep the world a clean green place.

For the third time in less than a year, a Thunder Bay Credit Union has been the target of an armed robber.