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THUNDER BAY -- The Northern Ontario School of Medicine's Dietetic Internship Program has received national accreditation status from the Dietitians of Canada. The internship program was founded in 2007.

THUNDER BAY -- A Service Ontario location on the city's North side isn't closing but it could be moving.

THUNDER BAY -- As cleanup efforts continue after flash flooding struck rural communities on Monday, the reeve of one community under a state of emergency is worried about how often these events are happening.

UPDATE: Since publishing this article, tbnewswatch.com has learned several councillors, including Northwood Coun. Shelby Ch'ng, received copies of the agenda by Wednesday evening.

OPP News Release TRAFFIC STOP IN LONGLAC LEADS TO DRUG SEIZURE AND CHARGES (LONGLAC, ON) – On July 14, 2015 at approximately 1:40pm a member of the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Highway

THUNDER BAY – The City of Thunder Bay is looking for someone to pick up dead animals from its roads. Around 140 calls were made last year about large animal carcasses, mainly moose, bear and deer, on and around city roads.

Greenstone is the latest region in the North to receive an expansion to its high speed Internet service. On Tuesday the provincial and federal governments announced $3.3 million investment to expand broadband Internet in the area.

Sioux Lookout OPP have made an arrest in a brazen, daytime automatic teller theft. On July 11 police say a suspect enterd a business, while it was open, and loaded the ATM on a dolly before making his getaway.

THUNDER BAY -- Eighteen months into modernizing Thunder Bay's taxi bylaw, taxi subcommittee chair Brian McKinnon can see a light at the end of the tunnel. "We're looking at the final touches. I can say that now.

THUNDER BAY -- Through the first half of 2015 labour costs have pushed the Thunder Bay's Police Service over budget by $195,000, or about 0.5 per cent.