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Mayor Keith Hobbs has deep concerns that $1 billion earmarked for Ring of Fire infrastructure now appears to be contingent on matching federal funds.

THUNDER BAY -- It's the week to celebrate youth in the city. May 1 to 7 was proclaimed as Youth Week at city hall Thursday and the city's children and youth program supervisor Kim Baskin said it's a chance for youth to try something new.

THUNDER BAY -- A shift at the city’s Resolute Forest Products sawmill is the latest casualty of a long and cold winter.

Thunder Bay is a pretty innovative community, says Judy Sander. The trouble is too often entrepreneurs and manufacturers focus too much on the local market, forgetting there’s a much larger world at their fingertips.

THUNDER BAY -- After numerous delays, a long-awaited new hotel has opened its doors in the city. The new TownePlace Suites by Marriott hotel officially opened its doors on Tuesday.

Margaret Westlake's lifelong passion now lives on at Magnus Theatre. When her husband, Arnold, wanted to move to Thunder Bay in the 70s, part of the reason she agreed was because the city had a theatre.

THUNDER BAY -- Bike lanes in the city are officially open for the season. Thursday marked the opening of the bikes lanes and it's a day the city's active transportation coordinator Adam Krupper has been waiting a long time for.

THUNDER BAY -- The disappearing snow banks are revealing a more filthy side of the city. As springlike temperatures force snow to recede, a winter's-worth of litter is starting to appear.

THUNDER BAY -- A new pregnancy program for women addicted to opioids will help First Nations deal with a prescription drug problem that is plaguing northern communities, says Wilfred King. "I think it can only get better.

A Thunder Bay man has been arrested on weapons charges stemming from a September 2012 incident. City police charged James Murray Hinter, 53 with unsafe storage of a firearm and unauthorized possession of a firearm in relation to an incident on Sept.