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The owner of the May Street Dairy Queen is relieved that city council has turned aside a recommendation to close a portion of the street this summer to make repairs to an aging bridge.

Between two to three acres of brush were destroyed by a grass fire near a bike path off County Boulevard late Monday afternoon.

Fire crews were called to the Fort William First Nation Sunday to deal with a blaze at a convenience store and gar bar. Just before 8 a.m., crews were called to Squaw Bay Road and arrived to find Grandpa's Convenience Store up in flames.

Within a week or two, Leo Hunnakko will have dozens of ripened tomatoes ready for the picking. He’s also been harvesting lettuce, spinach, green onions and radishes since Christmas.

Firefighters from the Neebing Fire Station are on the move once again. Crews were originally forced out of the fire hall on 20th Sideroad back in February, due to mould contamination in the building.

Master Cpl. Chris Drewes hopes to make it back to Canada in time for Pte. Tyler William Todd’s funeral.

After two years of living in cyber space, the Northwestern Ontario Aviation Heritage Centre finally has a place to call home.

Kenneth Berg’s family finally has closure. The body of the 60-year-old, who went missing last Oct. 26 after leaving Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, was found on Saturday in a ditch along Goods Road.

Finding a parking spot seemed to be the only problem for this year’s Home and Garden show.

The forest fire season continues to gain momentum in Northwestern Ontario, At least five new fires have started in the region in the past three days.