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THUNDER BAY -- A woman charged with assault in connection with a homicide investigation has been released on bail.

The Savour Superior Food and Drink Festival is serving Thunder Bay now. Keep an eye on tbnewswatch.com for special web episodes of featured participants of this food and drink expo daily.

THUNDER BAY -- The search for a missing 20-year-old city man has come to an end. The Thunder Bay Police Service confirmed the body of Dan (DJ) Norland was discovered in a wooded area off Cumberland Street Friday morning.

THUNDER BAY -- The nominations window is closed for the upcoming municipal election. The deadline for candidates to add their names to the ballot was 2 p.m. Friday afternoon. One new filing included Colin Burridge adding his name to the mayoral race.

THUNDER BAY -- Striking employees at the city’s Bombardier plant are heading back to work.

A man wanted for murder in the Minneapolis area, who sparked a brief manhunt in a Thunder Bay neighbourhood a couple of weeks ago, has been taken into custody.

The Savour Superior Food and Drink Festival is serving Thunder Bay starting Friday, Sept. 12. Keep an eye on tbnewswatch.com for special web episodes of featured participants of this food and drink expo daily.

Three days after undergoing bariatric surgery, Dawna Bonde was out walking and shopping. “I feel great,” she said Thursday morning at the launch of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre’s bariatric surgery program.

THUNDER BAY -- About $2 million worth of public parking would come with a new proposed event centre.

THUNDER BAY -- Receivership could be the way to get a potential mining development back on track its lawyer says. Bending Lake Iron Group was put into a court-ordered receivership, granted on consent, Thursday afternoon at the Thunder Bay Courthouse.