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THUNDER BAY -- The city will now play a bigger role in helping refugees resettle in Canada.

THUNDER BAY – The federal government’s proposed medically assisted death law is “restrictive” and “cruel” to those seeking an end to terminal suffering, says a past president of Dying with Dignity Canada.

OTTAWA – Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler says First Nation health-care delivery systems are broken and he’s calling on the federal government to fix the problem now.

THUNDER BAY -- Kevin Nealon says comedians who give up stand-up were probably never in love with the craft in the first place. He’s not planning on giving it up anytime soon.

The following is a release from the Thunder Bay Police Service seeking an elderly female driver who collided with a city roads crew truck on Wednesday afternoon: (Wednesday) afternoon, at 2:30 p.m.

THUNDER BAY -- Thunder Bay and Northwestern will be getting a little extra attention Friday from both upper levels of government.

THUNDER BAY - - A man wanted in connection to last week’s brazen robbery of the Mr. Chinese Restaurant has turned himself into police. In a release issued on Thursday, Thunder Bay Police say the 22-year-old gave himself up on Monday morning.

Thunder Bay traffic officers spent a few hours with a public works crew on Wednesday afternoon.

THUNDER BAY – A suspect arrested in a murder case earlier this year remains in custody. Nicholas Necan, charged in the January death of 60-year-old George James Gerrard, appeared via video at the Thunder Bay Courthouse on Wednesday afternoon.

THUNDER BAY -- Cancer research is progressing with help from Canadian Cancer Society volunteers. Dr.