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Area beer drinkers are being asked to participate in the world's largest bottle drive this coming weekend. The Beer Store and its employees' union are joining forces with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada to host the annual fundraiser.

Local workers and union members protested along the fenced property of the future Leon’s Furniture Tuesday, a response to what pickets say is a company refusal to use homegrown labour and materials.

There's now a second challenger in the city council race for the McKellar Ward. David Nicholson has recently filed his nomination papers at city hall. The other declared candidate in that ward is Paul Pugh.

The economic and social problems facing Northwestern Ontario aren’t unique to the region and there are opportunities to learn from countries as far away as Nepal and Uruguay, said the director of Lakehead University’s Centre for Northern Studies.

Thunder Bay OPP officials say the May long weekend was relatively quiet with no serious motor vehicle or boating incidents. At least one person, however, was charged with impaired driving.

The OPP reports that there have been more than 700 threats of violence online against the Couchiching First Nation after members of that community set up a toll booth on Highway 11 Friday.

Gilbert Kiptoo of Kenya said when he learned Sunday of the rich history of the Firefighters’ Ten Mile Road Race, he prayed he’d find the speed to win such an historic event.

Police are investigating two separate-armed robberies that happened at a single convenience store over the weekend. Thunder Bay Police Service say a male robbed the Mac’s convenience store on Syndicate Avenue on Saturday around 6:20 a.m.

Almost too much to take in, at least all at once, these days repeat visits to Thunder Bay Art Gallery are highly recommended.

A Confederation College student says he went into the film program to learn how to tell stories.