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THUNDER BAY -- Council will decide Monday how tax payers will pay for the city's $6.3 million spending increase this year. The 3.83 per cent levy increase over last year was approved by council in March.

No one was hurt Thursday when a two-alarm fire broke out at a Simpson Street residence.

THUNDER BAY -- Local police have charged three men from Southern Ontario and a Thunder Bay woman after executing a search warrant Wednesday morning.

Thunder Bay-Rainy River NDP MP John Rafferty says the federal government’s decision to slash funding to FedNor is punishing the economy and hurting growth in Northwestern Ontario.

Tbaytel media release follows: Thursday, May 21st, 2015 For Immediate Release Tbaytel Adds New VP of Sales, Marketing andCommunication to Executive Team Thunder Bay, Ont.

A Westgate Collegiate and Vocational Institute student has been given a $5,000 annual scholarship from Union Gas’ parent company Spectra Energy Corp.

A body found in a white pick-up truck off a bush road eight kilometers west of Shabaqua has been identified as missing 42-year-old Thunder Bay man Terry Brasseur. Thunder Bay OPP say they responded to the scene on Wednesday night at about 8:15 a.m.

For all the complaints about the poor condition of Thunder Bay roads, the dissent wasn’t nearly enough to place any city street on the dubious annual Ontario Worst Roads list. Northern Ontario did capture three of the top four spots.

The federal government is set to receive applications under the $150-million Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program.

Ontario Provincial Police have laid sexual assault charges against a fellow former police officer in a historic case dating back to 1981. Fifty-six-year-old Eli Mandamin of Shoal Lake First Nation was arrested on Wednesday and now faces two charges.