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NAN energy conference concludes Far North should be linked to power grid

NAN energy conference concludes Far North should be linked to power grid

Nishnawbe Aski Nation chiefs want their communities connected to Ontario’s power grid by 2018. That objective was the result of a three-day energy conference held in Thunder Bay this week.
Optimistic

Optimistic

Michael Gravelle says he’s optimistic a buyer for Terrace Bay Pulp will be found.

Health-care conference aims at improving patient services

Health care researchers gathered Friday to network and discuss their findings with local care providers and policy makers in an effort to improve patient services in this region. The 2012 St.
Case adjourned

Case adjourned

Toni Grann told a courtroom Friday that if any of her superiors had questioned her work, she would have co-operated.

StatsCan numbers show positive trend for city’s jobless rate

There appears to be some positive news on the local jobs front. While the national jobless rate went up last month, from 7.5-to-7.6 percent, it was a different picture here in the Thunder Bay area.

Pair of local business owners purchase, renovate former restaurant

After standing vacant for more than two and a half years, new life is being breathed into the former East Side Mario's building on Memorial Avenue.

Grann faces intense questioning as Sex Offender Registry trial continues

Toni Grann admitted in court Thursday that her Sex Offender Registry records may appear deceitful, but insisted that deception was never her intent.
The strength of Hope

The strength of Hope

When the Bearskin Airlines Hope Classic first started 15 years ago, organizers had no idea what they’d created. Attempting to raise $5,000 to support breast cancer research, they raised $39,000 that first year.

Lower passport fees good for tourism: Hyer

MP Bruce Hyer thinks lowering passport fees in Canada and the U.S. will stimulate tourism in both countries.
Early Spring? Not here

Early Spring? Not here

The trees in Thunder Bay aren’t going to start budding today, or even six weeks from now, despite what Canadian groundhogs are predicting, says a local climatologist.
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