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The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union is applauding the news that AbitibiBowater is getting ready to exit bankruptcy protection.

When Sam Achneepineskum’s children were growing up he was angry. He yelled all the time. He abused alcohol. "That’s how they knew me," Achneepineskum said of his children, now in their 30s.

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre employees have come up with numerous ideas for improved patient care, and on Tuesday 26 projects received funding as part of the grant program for care advancements recommended by employees.

Police arrested a 28-year-old Thunder Bay man they believe broke into a south-side youth centre Wednesday.

Missing radioactive equipment from hospitals around the world could lead to disaster, says a former longtime Lakehead University chancellor.

If a local economic development agency sticks to its plan then the future in Thunder Bay will be bright, says the agency’s leader.

Local members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union say a proposed wage freeze on public sector wages by the province is a ploy to pad the profits of corporations.

The way has been cleared for AbitibiBowater to climb out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. An American bankruptcy court has given the thumbs up to a restructuring plan that will allow the company to shed about $5.5 billion in unsecured debt.

Four years after putting the kibosh on a plan to convert the city’s coal-fired generating station to natural gas, the province has given it the go-ahead once again.

More snow, and possibly lots of it, is on the way. Environment Canada released a special weather statement Tuesday morning for Thunder Bay, Dryden, Nestor Falls, Ignace, Fort Frances, Atikokan and Upsala.