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Thunder Bay’s Community Environmental Action Plan co-ordinator says she’s disappointed that the city’s first environmental challenge didn’t attract more applicants despite hearing enthusiasm from potential families.

Building relationships with the chiefs and councils of the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation is a top priority for the recently appointed Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service chief of police.

While the Toronto Transit Commission has decided to go ahead with a maintenance hangar for its planned light-rail cars, the controversy surrounding Bombardier’s contract to build the machines is not over by a long shot, says a local union president.

Although the current state of gridlock at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital has eased it's still causing concerns for both staff and patients.

The city has two reasons why it’s proposing hikes to 10 of its community services fees, says the man in charge of setting the price.

Research is vital in building top quality patient care for people in Northwestern Ontario, said the scientific director for St. Joseph’s Care Group.

Mayor Keith Hobbs says giving up on a proposed ferrochrome processing facility is not in his playbook.

Ontario’s minister of mines remains optimistic Northern Ontario has a good chance to house a proposed 500-job ferrochrome processing facility, despite warnings from Cliffs Natural Resources that power costs could see the province shut out.

Greenstone residents will have an opportunity next week to meet face-to-face with Ontario's Ring of Fire co-ordinator. The Greenstone Economic Development Corporation is hosting a Ring of Fire conference Thursday in Longlac.

Dance instructor Nicole Armstrong says she wants to bring Thunder Bay’s art community into the spotlight. The 24-year-old has danced since she was three-years-old and continues to stay active in the arts through dance and theatre.