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A pair of small fires at the Thunder Bay District Jail have been contained. Thunder Bay Fire Rescue sent three crews to the MacDougall Street facility early Friday evening, responding to a fire in a small container.

Toasting the Queen took on a even more special meaning in 2016. This past September, Queen Elizabeth II surpassed Queen Victoria as Great Britain’s longest-serving monarch.

A military tradition centuries in the making continued on New Year’s Day in Thunder Bay.

THUNDER BAY – Glenn Porter wants everybody to have a safe and fun New Year’s Eve celebration. But that doesn’t mean city police officers will be turning a blind eye to those who put the rest of the public at risk.

THUNDER BAY -- When it comes to fireworks, closer isn't better.

10. Members of Hornepayne First Nation took over Nishnawbe Aski Nation’s office at Fort William First Nation, the sit-in seeking official recognition of the band-without-a-home’s election results.

NOTE TO READERS: Story originally published Dec.

Thunder Bay police are looking for a man who robbed a Mac’s Convenience Store on Wednesday night. In a release issued early Thursday morning, police said the suspect entered the company’s May Street location at about 10:30 p.m.

THUNDER BAY -- Calls are out for a company to start the city's work to rebuild Cumberland Street. The two-phase $2.7 million project was deferred earlier this year. The city now has the project out for tender, closing Jan. 19.

THUNDER BAY – In her role as the NDP’s community safety and correctional services critic, Jennifer French has seen a number of Ontario prisons. But French was left visibly shocked by the conditions inside the Thunder Bay District Jail.