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The 2010 Juno Award winner for Best Blues Album gave students at St. Patrick High School a lesson on the history of the blues guitar Thursday. Jack de Keyzer was in the City as part of the Blues in the Schools Program.

The President of Ontario Power Generation was in Thunder Bay to help make the Mission Island Marsh Conservation Area a little greener.

MP John Rafferty (NDP, Thunder Bay – Rainy River) is pushing for new regulation to help combat Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

Employees at a soap and cosmetic store in Thunder Bay want the Alberta oil sands to stop, although participants of the couldn’t offer alternative to the billion-dollar industry.

Daniel Magiskan and his brother grew up not knowing they had a lost a brother.

Rumours that some developers are abandoning the waterfront project are unfounded, says a city councillor.

The Metis nation represents the union of the European colonists and the First Nations people and that’s worth celebrating, said the Thunder Bay president of the Metis Nation of Ontario.

A group of volunteers braved the rain Tuesday night to help plant trees along the McVicar Creek Walking Trail. Trees by the Shore is a program led by the Thunder Bay District Stewardship Council, Trees Canada and Majesta Paper Products.

The province has announced another highway re-paving project for the Thunder Bay area. Pioneer Construction has been given the $3.2 million contract to rehabilitate eight kilometres of Highway 11-17 near Pass Lake.

An agency that tracks the hiring scene in Thunder Bay says the climate for new employment looks modest for the summer season.