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A Thunder Bay man faces a new series of sex-based charges involving a minor. Donald Neil Miller, 57, has been charged with three counts of sexual interference of a child under 14 years, Thunder Bay Police Service officials confirmed Tuesday.

Ontario is again looking at ways to give its distracted driving laws more teeth. The province may soon issue demerit points along with an intensified fine against drivers caught breaking the new distracted driving laws.

Public complaints against the city's police force are down. That's the news the Thunder Bay Police Service shared at force's Tuesday morning board meeting. In 2013, there were 29 official complaints filed.

The local police service is about to rebrand how they patrol the city. Thunder Bay Police Service chief J.P. Levesque says he expects the long-awaited shift to zone policing to roll out in the coming months.

City council voted unanimously to move ahead with next phase of the proposed event centre but not before hearing from nearly a dozen people, most wanting the public to decide its fate.

“Snitches get stitches.” The line sounds like it belongs in the latest Martin Scorcese film.

Six surgeons have put their money where their mouths are – to the tune of $2 million over 10 years.

The manslaughter trial for a Summer Beaver First Nations man began Monday in Thunder Bay. The trial for Kesley Jacob, 35, officially began at the Superior Court of Justice after a morning jury selection. The trial is expected to last two weeks.

When it comes to natural resources, First Nations and other levels of governments are suffering from a communication breakdown.

A basement fire Friday night at a Northwood home has been determined to be the result of spontaneous combustion within some oily rags. Crews were called to the Park Row home around 8 p.m. after a resident returned home to find the blaze.