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The Lakehead Region Conservation Authority will close the Cascades Conservation Area for three weeks to cleanup damages caused by a fall windstorm. The closure will begin on Tuesday, Feb. 16 and remain closed until Monday, March 8.

Instructors at Ontario’s community colleges voted 51 per cent in favour of their employer’s contract offer.

People around the world can now take a virtual tour around the streets of Thunder Bay. The city was added this week to the Google "Street View" service available on the Internet.

Greenstone council approved a plan to move forward with the construction of a new administration building. The long-awaited project has a budget of about $3.5-million dollars.

Just as the Winter Olympics are set to begin in Vancouver, Thunder Bay has been chosen as the host city for the 2011 Special Olympics Ontario Winter Games.

A new event aimed at inspiring Aboriginal students was held in Thunder Bay Wednesday. About 360 high school students from around the region attended the Blueprint for the Future Career Fair.

Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service officers on the Mishkeegogamang First Nation have been busy dealing with firearm offences.

A pair of grandparents hopes to walk the entire shoreline of Lake Superior within five months. Mike Link, 64, and his wife Kate Crowley, 60, plan to hike around the Great Lake on April 29.

Even outgoing Lakehead University president Fred Gilbert didn’t know who his replacement was going to be.

Responding to issues of substance abuse is straining police resources and most of Thunder Bay’s crime happens outside of the city’s downtown cores.