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Police have located boys who escaped from custody while visiting the Creighton Youth Centre Monday evening. Thunder Bay Police Service officials say the two youths ran from staff at Oliver Road youth centre during a presentation there just after 8 p.

City police are warning residents of another new mail scam. The scam begins with a letter asking for consumer research that also includes a fake cheque.

Council has agreed to change the way the city deals with waste. The 10-year, $10-million Solid Waste Management Strategy was approved in principle Monday night during a regular scheduled council meeting at city hall.

City council will not be adding an event centre question to the Oct. 27 municipal ballot. Couns.

The city faces many of the same children’s mental health funding shortfalls as the rest of Ontario, says the NDP’s provincial child and youth services critic.

An incomplete Gladue report has delayed the sentencing hearing for a man accused of murder. Jeffrey Charles Tomagatick, 30, appeared at the Thunder Bay Courthouse, on its first day of operations, Monday for a criminal plea and sentencing hearing.

The OPP are seeking public assistance in a pair of cases involving theft. Police are investigating a silver 2001 Mazda van that was reportedly stolen Saturday evening after being parked on Rudolph Road in Shebandowan.

For business owners like Scott Malko, trade exhibitions are vital to their enterprises.

The Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce is recognizing standout organizations across the city.

Officials with the Thunder Bay Indian Friendship Centre are urging the proposed youth centre project to move forward, despite it falling apart late last month.