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Former Fort William First Nation chief Peter Collins says it’s time to consider a blockade of CN rail traffic crossing the James Street Swing Bridge.

The region’s energy advocates are demanding the Thunder Bay Generating Station be converted to natural gas by the end of 2016.

Neither Thunder Bay’s city manager nor its mayor is opposed to putting the question of an event centre to the public. But both Tim Commisso and Keith Hobbs said Monday it’s a little early in the process to consider a ballot question.

The opening of a new hotel in the intercity area is facing another delay.

The former chair of the city’s Christmas Cheer Fund has been charged with fraud. According to a media release issued Monday, the Thunder Bay Police Service allege that Linda Gambee defrauded the charitable organization of $22,000.

Harvey Yesno is speaking out against the federal government’s $1.9-billion investment in the First Nations Control of Education Act.

City police have a man in custody after responding to a reported break and enter at a Simpson Street gas bar Sunday evening.

Tbaytel has announced the appointment of its new chief financial officer. The telecommunications company officially announced that Michael Coffey was the new CFO as of Jan. 27.

Count on the annual Hope Classic to continue to improve breast cancer care and treatment in the region.

Andrea Horwath says if people across Ontario want a spring provincial election, she’ll do her part to make it happen.