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Police are looking for more information about an armed robbery that happened at Simpson Street convenience store. Thunder Bay Police Service received a call around 6 a.m. Friday about a robbery at the Mac’s Convenience Store.

Despite a crash that nearly crippled his car, Jaiten Holmstom says he won’t give up soapbox racing. The nine-year-old drove in the 10th annual George Jeffrey Children Foundation at Waverly Park.

City police are investigating a crash involving a motorcycle with a sidecar and a pickup truck. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say the crash took place Friday at about 3:30 p.m. at the corner of McIntyre and Court Streets.

The long-awaited sale of the former Marathon Pulp mill has been given approval by the Ministry of the Environment. The pulp mill was operated by Tembec before shutting down in 2009, putting more than 200 people out of work. U.S.

The city thinks a major gas leak Thursday morning might have happened because lines were drawn in the wrong location. A crew was repairing a catch basin on Red River Road Thursday when a backhoe clipped the valve of a Union Gas line under the road.

It's a condition that affects one in every 100 Canadians, and in the past 20-to-30 years there have been major advancements to help treat Rheumatoid Arthritis.

City police are trying to identify the suspect of a break and enter at Tim’s Meats. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say a man broke into the business at Empress Avenue and John Street just before 3 a.m. on Sunday, May 26.

Some new information has emerged in the case of the fatal air ambulance crash last week. The investigation has revealed the Ornge helicopter went down less than a minute after takeoff. Though it's still unknown why it crashed.

Divers have recovered the body of a Minnesota man who went missing last weekend in Quetico Park. Officials were alerted to the situation Sunday evening when an emergency locator device was activated.

To avoid staying out of the red, a local animal shelter is again asking for the public’s help. The Thunder Bay and District Humane Society needs up to $400,000 every year to keep its doors open.