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THUNDER BAY – A garage suffered extensive damage in a Saturday morning blaze. Thunder Bay Fire Rescue crews responded to reports of a garage fire on 25th Side Road shortly after 11 a.m.

THUNDER BAY – A candidate who lost by a narrow margin in this week’s municipal election is seeking a hand counted look at the totals.

THUNDER BAY -- The students at Hyde Park Public School had some superhero-sized help at their Halloween dance-a-thon Friday.

Lakehead University officials say they’ve jumped up another two spots in MacLean’s magazine’s annual ranking of Canadian universities. The school sits eighth in the 2015 list of primarily undergraduate schools.

THUNDER BAY -- The provincial government needs to respond if a potential project in the Ring of Fire will see any work this winter.

THUNDER BAY -- Heading into her new career Allison Smith already has firsthand experience working within the criminal justice system.

Football fans may have to wait an hour longer for kickoff on Sunday, but for the sleepyheads amongst us, Sunday’s end to daylight time means an extra hour of sleep. Clocks fall back an hour on Sunday morning at 2 a.m.

A Victoriaville Mall restaurant has been closed by the Thunder Bay District Health Unit for failing to handle food properly.

THUNDER BAY -- This year marked the slowest forest fire season the province has seen since 1960. In the Northwest region, there were 130 recorded fires and 1,200 hectares burned; in Thunder Bay, there were just 15 fires compared to 36 last year.

Students at Ecole catholique Franco-Superieur are going batty for the latest addition to their school.