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OPP Media Update (KENORA, ON) Members of the Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Kenora Street Crime Unit with the assistance of the OPP Forensic Identification Unit (FISU) and Kenora Scenes of Crime Officers (SOCO) have

THUNDER BAY – The city’s police service is proposing a 3.2 per cent increase to its operating budget. The Thunder Bay Police Service will present City Hall with a 2016 operating budget of $38.9 million on Feb. 17.

Sitting on the sidelines for two years was tough, says four-time Ontario women’s curling champion Krista McCarville.

THUNDER BAY -- About $2.5 million in grants is heading to city council Monday night.

THUNDER BAY -- Six people are in hospital after a three-vehicle collision on the Kaministiquia River Bridge. Ontario Provincial Police closed Highway 61 after the crash at 8:16 Tuesday morning.

SUSSEX, N.B. - Amid weak global markets for fertilizer products, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan shut down its Picadilly mine in southern New Brunswick for an indefinite period Tuesday, eliminating up to 430 jobs.

There could be a decidedly more Canadian flavour to this year’s Thunder Bay Blues Festival, with the Canadian dollar in the tank.

THUNDER BAY -- Plan for a proposed transportation museum are rolling along.

THUNDER BAY -- A call centre that handles the business of Fortune 500 companies is in the final stages of deciding whether it will open its first Canadian outlet in Victoriaville Mall.

The City of Thunder Bay has named Rob Colquhoun as its acting general manager of corporate services and long-term care.