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This area’s cost of living rose in February, according to newly released data. New numbers from Statistics Canada shows the inflation rate for the Thunder Bay area was at 0.9 per cent in February. That’s a slight increase from the 0.

Fire crews responded to a house fire on the city’s south side Tuesday. District chief Mark Zigman said they got the call to an Empire Avenue home to find smoke pouring out of it.

Greenstone wants improved telecommunications across the region, especially in and around the Ring of Fire. Greenstone mayor Renald Beaulieu and councillors from that municipality held a special meeting at the Victoria Inn Tuesday.

The race was on for Thunder Bay as the MV John B. Aird crushed through the Lake Superior ice to become the first lake-bound vessel to arrive in port this season. Capt.

A Dryden council meeting has revealed the municipality received $4 million for the sale of their mobility assets to TBayTel. The deal was struck last fall and at that time the terms were not released.

Geraldton is under a boil water advisory following a multiple breaks in one of the town’s major pipelines. The two breaks happened on sometime Sunday night.

Usually when someone misses too many rent payments, they’re threatened with an eviction notice. But for participants at an annual fundraiser, missing rent means spending a night at the Thunder Bay Shelter House.

City police are investigating a series of vandalism incidents involving apartment building laundry rooms. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say in some cases the coin boxes in the washers and dryers were pried open and coins were stolen.

KENORA, Ont. -- Police have identified the body of a man located at the Norman Dam. Using DNA provided by family members, officials with the OPP say they were able to identify the body of Thomas Szirony, 40, of Vancouver.

City council has agreed to spend a little more to finish Phase 1 of the waterfront development project. Council voted 10-one in favour of increasing the previously approved 2011 budget to complete the final two projects and signal the end of Phase 1.