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THUNDER BAY -- Once more two best friends heard the call to service and once more they answered over the skies of Mount McKay. Frank Banning and John Baptiste "Sunshine" Louis grew up on Fort William First Nation doing everything together.

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is now officially designated to treat Ebola patients.

THUNDER BAY -- Robin Rickards knows he’s lucky to be alive. A corporal with the Lake Superior Scottish Regiment, Rickards served with the Canadian Armed Forces for 11 years, which included three tours to Afghanistan.

Longtime city councillor and entrepreneur Joe Vanderwees has died at 84. Vanderwees first joined council in June 1978, replacing Taras Kozyra, who had resigned the Dawson Ward seat.

Shelter House hopes a program to get the city's homeless out of the cold will start next month. Street Outreach Services started as a pilot program that ended up helping more than 1,000 survive last year.

THUNDER BAY -- The trial for a man charged in a dog-bite incident scheduled to wrap Monday has been adjourned until December.

GULL BAY FIRST NATION, Ont. -- Members of an area First Nation should begin to see compensation for historical flooding by the end of the year.

THUNDER BAY -- A second person is facing a murder charge in the Canada Day homicide case earlier this year while police are searching for a third suspect.

The replacement of two water mains extending from the Bare Point water treatment facility could lead some Thunder Bay residents to experience discoloured water on Thursday.

THUNDER BAY -- Sharing any nude images of youths, even if it’s between two people under the age of 18, is illegal.