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The proposed federal budget is getting a B plus from a local accountant and a shake of the head from a local MP.

In the 1970s, most Canadians couldn’t name more than a handful of home-bred authors, but things have changed, said novelist Nino Ricci.

The Cascades Conservation Area is open to visitors following a temporary closure that began in mid February. Work crews have spent the past two weeks clearing out trees damaged during last September's wind storm.

A group of local citizens says the city’s taxi services aren’t meeting the needs of people with disabilities.

A new senior’s facility will be getting an expansion, the province confirmed Thursday.

Max Eisen remembers everyday he spent in the Auschwitz camp. The 81-year-old-man from Hungary said he is thankful for every day he has lived since being at that camp.

Three people face charges after police busted a suspected marijuana grow op Wednesday. Officers from the Combined Forces Organized Crime Unit searched a Rowand Street home in Thunder Bay Wednesday afternoon.

Construction at Marina Park will temporary be placed on hiatus for the ninth annual Thunder Bay Blues Festival weekend. The multimillion-dollar development plan will take a break to allow the musical event held in July to go on without interruptions.

Students supported cancer patients by letting their locks hit the floor at an annual charity event Wednesday. Lakehead University students and staff shaved their heads for Cuts for Cancer in the Agora building.

A local MP says Wednesday’s throne speech was pretty but lacked substance. Bruce Hyer (NDP, Thunder Bay – Superior North) said the 6,000-word speech was full of lofty and vague language that offered little for Northwestern Ontario.