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Although minimum wage in Ontario will increase 75 cents to $11 per hour, that's still 16 per cent below the poverty line.

The major cutbacks that hit Sears Canada locations nationwide have made their way to Thunder Bay. The company on Tuesday issued a release, saying it is modifying its store structure by eliminating mid-tier management staff.

A dashboard video of two trucks nearly involved in a head-on crash on Highway 11 has been posted to YouTube. The video, which can be viewed below, shows the crash from the perspective of the one driver. In the video, which is date stamped Jan.

Dave Canfield's parents always told him a bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. That's the way the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association president looks at at resource activity in the region.

Luca Patuelli overcame all odds to become a break dancer. Born with arthrogryposis, a congenital joint and muscle disease that left him unable to walk as a child, he was told he’d be confined to a wheelchair for life.

A pilot project to ease pressure on the region's ambulance system has all the support it needs but no funding yet. Superior North EMS chief Norm Gale said non-urgent transfers are clogging up the system.

City residents will be braving the cold to help the homeless next month. The second annual Coldest Night of the Year walk is being held in support of Grace Place on Simpson Street.

The city’s fight with influenza appears to have subsided. According to the District Health Unit, the city has plateaued in terms of laboratory confirmed flu cases.

After years of negotiations, officials with the Lake Helen First Nation have signed documents with the province that will see their community’s geography triple in size.

Working Canadians are under attack by the federal government, says the president of a national union.