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Optimism took center stage at a public meeting Thursday night for one of the major players in the Ring of Fire. Noront Resources provided details on its Eagle's Nest project to a packed house.

Students from Algonquin Avenue School were mushing up a storm Friday as they got the chance to experience the sport of dog sledding. It's all thanks to a partnership between the school and Boreal Journeys sled dog kennel.

Tim Commisso says he thinks the upper threshold the city would be willing to absorb to build a new events centre would be 50 per cent of the expected $80-million to $100-million cost.

Thunder Bay’s deputy police chief says he’s not sure what the short-term ramifications will be when OxyContin disappears from city streets over the next few months.

If not for the British protecting fur trading posts during the War of 1812, Canadians today could have been driving in miles per hour and spelling centre with an e-r.

City police say an elderly man who had been reporting missing has been found safe and sound. Norman Johnson, 84, was listed as missing since Monday afternoon, where he was last seen in his truck leaving his house.

A power outage this afternoon left about 2,000 Thunder Bay Hydro customers without power. The outage happened in Current River, and affected traffic lights, residents and businesses. By about 2 p.m.

Police in Red Lake have ruled a recent death in that community as non suspicious.

Police have made another arrest related to a Mac's convenience store robbery.

A Tory majority makes it a great time to be a comedian, says stand-up veteran Ron James. The 53-year-old comedian from Nova Scotia started his 13th year on the road with a tour of Ontario.