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Markku Harju once thought the idea of having a celebration about a man who chased giant grasshoppers out of Finland was stupid. That was 30 years ago and St.Urho’s Day has become a great celebration for the Finnish community, he said.

The international campaign to arrest accused Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony has come to Thunder Bay. The advocacy group Invisible Children Inc.

Resource-rich regions should benefit from those resources, says an NDP leadership candidate. Niki Ashton, at 29 years old is the youngest of seven candidates vying for her party’s top spot.

Organizers of the 2nd annual Red Rock Ice Fishing Derby want the public to know that the event is good to go for Saturday, and that ice conditions are safe on that section of Lake Superior.

Lynn Strey was patching a hole in her pants on Friday afternoon when she got a phone call from a friend telling her to grab her camera and head to Hillcrest Park.

Because of his weight, Paul Giles used to be the guy his hockey team stuck in front of the net to help block pucks.

Sgt. Jim Mauro has been found guilty of discreditable conduct under the Police Services Act. The decision was given Friday by adjudicator Morris Elbers at the Valhalla Inn. Like the two-day trial on Feb.

Drivers in Thunder Bay don’t appear to be getting the message police are trying to deliver. Continuing their speeding blitz on Oliver Road on Friday, Det. Const.

Some heavy sentences have been handed down to a group of Thunder Bay drug traffickers after they plead guilty to a number of charges this month.

An eight-year squirrel-feeding habit is about to land a Conmee Street man in court. Stanley Mysliwiec this week received a summons from police to respond to charges he ignored a Feb.