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Union Gas rates could be on the rise next month. The utility has applied to the Ontario Energy Board to increase its rate by an average of $16 a month. The rate would impact about 40,000 Union Gas customers in this region.

The province put up $14 million in an effort to end the gridlock that has been crippling the region's hospital.

The mayor isn't optimistic that a proposed youth centre will go ahead as planned.

Warm afternoons and cold nights bring a smile to Bill Bartley’s face.

The opening of the new Marriott TownePlace Suites in Thunder Bay is facing another dely.

A Thunder Bay murder trial is set to get underway next week at the Superior Court of Justice.

They say laughter is the best medicine. There should be a lot of healthy movie buffs populating the city after the North of Superior Film Association’s annual film festival hits Thunder Bay later this month.

If you bought a Lotto 6/49 ticket for Wednesday night’s draw, you might want to double check your numbers.

Money Sense magazine doesn’t think too much of Thunder Bay. But it could be worse. The Northern Ontario census metropolitan area ranks 109th of 201 Canadian communities ranked in the periodical’s annual list of best places to live.

Mike Donio and his family have been without water services for nearly a week. And there’s no end in sight for the Sprague Street father-of-two.