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Small business owners are optimistic about their future but say the city isn’t meeting their needs. More than 100 businesses responded to the 15th annual Thunder Bay Ventures small business opinion survey, released Wednesday morning.

City beaches don't officially open until Friday. But already, a swimming advisory has been posted at Boulevard Lake's main beach and Sunnyside beach.

First Nations communities across Ontario now have a new leader. Nishnawbe-Aski Grand Chief Stan Beardy won a close vote in Toronto Wednesday morning to become the new Regional Chief for Ontario.

Lakehead Public Schools trustees passed the school board’s 2012-2013 operating budget. The balanced statement comes in at just less than $131.4 million.

Officials with Wal-Mart say they intend to hire 200 people as the company readies its new stores at County Fair Plaza and the Arthur Street Marketplace. The company is taking over the former Zeller's locations.

At this stage of his career, rocker John Mellencamp has nothing to prove to anyone.

The province is moving ahead with a pilot project that it hopes will modernize and revitalize the troubled forestry sector. The first local forest management corporation was announced Tuesday afternoon.

In the dozen years Doug Powell has lived on Secord Streets he’s seen countless collisions. The most recent one was Tuesday afternoon.

Officials at Lakehead University say a power outage there will likely be fixed by Friday.

The Thunder Bay Police Service is looking to hire a courthouse project co-ordinator to help with the transition into the new courthouse in 2014.