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Three days after undergoing bariatric surgery, Dawna Bonde was out walking and shopping. “I feel great,” she said Thursday morning at the launch of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre’s bariatric surgery program.

THUNDER BAY -- About $2 million worth of public parking would come with a new proposed event centre.

THUNDER BAY -- Receivership could be the way to get a potential mining development back on track its lawyer says. Bending Lake Iron Group was put into a court-ordered receivership, granted on consent, Thursday afternoon at the Thunder Bay Courthouse.

THUNDER BAY -- Bombardier and Unifor Local 1075 have reached a tentative deal. Company officials had reached the tentative agreement with the union representing nearly 900 of its striking workers late Thursday morning.

THUNDER BAY - A Thunder Bay man now faces four weapons charges following an early Wednesday morning incident on Neebing Avenue. Thunder Bay Police Service officials received a 911 call just after 1:30 a.m. on Sept.

ATIKOKAN, Ont. -- This community’s conversion from coal to wood biomass has been hailed among the continent’s largest climate change initiatives, and it all came to fruition Wednesday.

The Savour Superior Food and Drink Festival starts serving Thunder Bay this Friday. Keep an eye on tbnewswatch.com for special web episodes of featured participants of this food and drink expo daily.

With one day left to file, Thunder Bay’s city council race grew by four on Thursday. Norm Sponchia makes it 19 in the at-large contest. He finished 15th in 2010.

The Savour Superior Food and Drink Festival starts serving Thunder Bay this Friday. Keep an eye on tbnewswatch.com for special web episodes of featured participants of this food and drink expo daily.

THUNDER BAY -- Three men have been arrested following the break-in ofa southside business. Thunder Bay Police Service officials say three men broke into a business in the Centennial Square area shortly before midnight Wednesday.