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Success in the Ring of Fire could face two major hurdles, says the leader of the official opposition.

Police are looking for a man suspected of stealing a charity donation jar from a doughnut shop.

Celebrations to mark the arrival of the first ocean-going vessel into the local port is set for Wednesday. Isadora became the first salty to arrive in the Port of Thunder Bay when it docked at Viterra Tuesday.

The former executive director of AIDS Thunder Bay has been sentenced to 90 days in jail following an incident involving a 14-year-old boy last year.

John Rafferty says he’s not surprised that Conservative MPs are starting to speak out against their own party.

The elimination of live flowers from Daffodil Days doesn’t have Canadian Cancer Society officials worried.

A fire that gutted a vacant Donald Street house Sunday was likely caused by someone who broke into the building, say fire officials. Firefighters were battling the suspicious blaze late Sunday afternoon for four to five hours.

Police have identified the local man killed in a highway crash Saturday. Officials with the OPP say Brandon Melnyk, 28, of Thunder Bay, following a crash on Highway 17 near Ignace.

Despite the winter-like weather, Ontario’s forest fire season officially began on Monday. Because of the fresh snowfalls, officials with Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources are predicting a slow start to the fire season.

It’s a shame the Christmas spirit doesn’t stretch into the spring. The Dew Drop Inn has too many volunteers during their Christmas dinner.