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A group of restaurant owners in the city’s north core is proposing to turn a section of Red River Road into a one-way street.

Realizing that no city is an island seems to be paying off for Thunder Bay’s tourism market. For the past two years the city’s tourism strategy has shifted from just promoting what the Lakehead has to offer.

Artist Kyle Lees says the hardest thing to draw in his first published comic book was a cape wearing liver. The Amazing Liver appeared in the Blood2Blood comic book as part of a local campaign to raise awareness of Hepatitis C.

Musicians, artists and performers took over the Bay Street and Algoma Street area this weekend. Hundreds of people attended the inaugural Valley Fresh Buskers Festival in downtown Port Arthur.

A large infusion of money will be coming from the province to improve Ontario's fire-fighting facilities. Nearly $47 million will be dished out, with almost $10 million going toward a new fire attack base in Armstrong.

Some big changes are coming to Thunder Bay Community Bingo. The bingo hall operator has worked out a deal with Ontario Lottery and Gaming to create a new, electronic gaming centre. The bingo hall is currently located on the CLE grounds.

The city is on pace to be $2.5 million over budget but projects that number will be less than $1 million by the end of the year. City council will hear a second quarter variance report from administration Monday night.

The Thunder Bay Police remain tight-lipped regarding the murder investigation of a woman on the city’s north side.

The sky has been weeping since summer skipped town.

It took police about three minutes to catch the first speeder trekking along the latest stretch of Northwestern Ontario divided highway.