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THUNDER BAY -- Monday night’s council meeting at city hall is expected to be the final meeting for budget talks. This will be the last chance for councillors to try to bring down the proposed levy increase, which now sits at about 4.6 per cent.

THUNDER BAY -- As this weekend’s mild temperatures showed, spring is around the corner. And that’s good news for area retailers selling boats, off-road vehicles and other outdoors supplies and equipment.

THUNDER BAY -- Raeanne Gaudette now has some extra incentive to plan her wedding.

THUNDER BAY -- An area trail development coordinator sees a vast amount of untapped potential in Northwestern Ontario.

According to the Fraser Institute, St. Margaret and Crestview schools are Thunder Bay’s best elementary school.

THUNDER BAY -- Rather than close what he deems an asset, the city’s budget chair wants to go after the province to provide budgetary relief. Coun.

THUNDER BAY -- The president of the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association has long been awaiting reforms to the Provincial Land Tax.

THUNDER BAY -- A popular science exhibit is coming north this summer.

Rebecca Johnson doesn’t want her fellow councillors to go hungry – but she doesn’t want taxpayers to foot the food bill.

THUNDER BAY -- The mayor of Terrace Bay says the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation is “killing” one-industry towns across Northwestern Ontario.