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A planned highway blockade that would have taken place just outside Thunder Bay has been cancelled by its organizers. About 200-members of the Fort William First Nation were scheduled to block the Trans-Canada Highway for five hours Thursday.

Apparently cherries can withstand the harsh Northwestern Ontario climate.

Thunder Bay city council wants more time to look at the proposed changes to zoning standards across the entire city.

Charges have been laid in connection with a single-vehicle rollover in the Boulevard Lake area Wednesday evening. The incident happened just before 8 p.m. on Lyon Boulevard.

The Kenora woman who was recently shot by an OPP officer has been charged, police confirmed Wednesday. The incident took place on June 7, when Kenora detachment OPP officers responded to a report of a domestic incident.

While the city wraps up the first public phase of the waterfront development, the private sector elements are moving a little slower than expected.

While prescription drug misuse is rising across the country, solvent abuse is still a prevalent problem, said the executive director of Ka-Na-Chi-Hih Specialized Solvent Abuse Treatment Centre. "It’s still a big issue," said Vince Simon.

The results have been released for this year's Thunder Bay Small Business Opinion Survey.

The suspect in Thunder Bay's first homicide of the year was back in court Wednesday, following her arrest last month on a charge of second-degree murder.

Two-thirds of residents support a proposed wind farm in the city with only residents in the Neebing Ward showing significant opposition, says the senior researcher consultant of a public opinion polling agency.