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If everything goes according to plan, there could be more than a million barrels of oil flowing through the region by 2018.

Construction in the city is on pace to break a record set just last year. City council was given an update Monday night on construction activity in Thunder Bay.

Michael Gravelle doesn't expect an election anytime soon. The longtime Liberal MPP for Thunder Bay-Superior North said his upcoming nomination meeting is just a chance to renew his commitment to the party and his constituents.

The search for a man who escaped from police custody in Kenora continues. Police are looking for Harvey Smith, 53, of White Dog First Nations. Smith escaped from custody while being moved to the Kenora courthouse on Water Street Tuesday.

The provincial government’s mandated 15 per cent automobile insurance premium decrease may not make much of a difference to the bills of Northern Ontario drivers.

Despite the hot weekend, a combination of rain and humidity was enough to ease the forest fire situation in this region. The forest fire hazard for much of Northwestern Ontario is holding steady at moderate.

John Rafferty thinks it’s time the marijuana question hit the national headlines.

Allegedly driving impaired, running a red light and crashing into a minivan Saturday helped police locate nearly 250 grams of marijuana.

The cows being chased around the rodeo ring might have been a little miffed on Sunday, but everyone else seemed to be having a grand old time at the 122nd annual Murillo Fall Fair.

Dylan Patterson was originally planning to go fishing on Sunday. But, waking up to one of the warmest days of the year, and persuaded by repeated radio advertisements, he decided to take a pass and head to Rib Fest.