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THUNDER BAY -- The regional hospital will continue to face financial pressure as long as there's pressure on patient care. Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre projects a deficit of more than $5 million by March 31.

THUNDER BAY -- The case against the Field Street murder suspects continues to crawl through the court system as five of the six suspects appeared in court Thursday.

THUNDER BAY -- City council will discuss the latest from CN on the James Street Swing Bridge behind closed doors early next month. The closed session meeting is set for Feb. 2 before city council's regularly scheduled meeting.

THUNDER BAY -- The rising cost of food is making it tougher for Northern Ontario’s poor to eat a balanced, healthy diet.

THUNDER BAY -- Police have recovered a body from the Kaministiquia River. The Thunder Bay detachment of the OPP began searching for a missing Brandon, Man. man on Tuesday after a request from the Brandon Police Service to assist in locating the man.

A teenager has been charged after a fatal collision with a pedestrian last month. The crash killed 75-year-old Darlene Kooistra at the intersection of Arthur Street and Edward Street Dec. 5, 2014.

Norm Gale has been re-elected as chairman the Thunder Bay District Health Unit’s Board of Health. The Health Unit made the announcement on Wednesday, advising that Coun. Joe Virdiramo was also re-elected as the board’s vice-chairman.

THUNDER BAY -- Where there’s smoke, there isn’t always fire. But there was enough smoke on the fourth floor of a 102-unit seniors apartment on West Donald Street to warrant an evacuation just after midnight Thursday morning.

Ted McMeekin thinks it's important to get out and listen to people. That's what the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing has been doing in the region over the past few days, listening to issues and concerns from municipal leaders.