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Santa Claus is a busy man these days, with Christmas only two weeks away. But on Tuesday he cleared his schedule for a few hours and spoke via satellite phone with students at St. Margaret School.

Changing schools can be tough for a kid. Losing friends, trying to make new ones, getting up to speed in the classrooms are just a few of the challenges a student might face when they move.

It appears that a working smoke detector may have played a role in helping to avert fire related tragedy this weekend.

The trial for a man accused in a fatal hit-and-run will continue in the spring.

Police have reopened the Thunder Bay Expressway. Officials with the Thunder Bay detachment of the OPP were forced to close the two northbound lanes of the highway, between John Street and Oliver Road, after a multivehicle crash shortly after 8 a.m.

Some changes are expected before city council approves an expansion of a subdivision next year. If approved, which city administration is recommending, Dawson Heights would see 15 new homes, 20 townhouses and five six-plexes in a 2.

Half a dozen communities in the region can now raise their large industrial tax rates, but Thunder Bay is keeping its options open.

Without a significant push for more affordable housing homeless rates in the city are only going to climb, says the executive director of the Shelter House.

Confederation College students and staff showed off their giving spirit Monday. During the December installment of the college's live talk show Let's Talk About...

It's going to be a short stay in Thunder Bay for the city's Big Lots store. Big Lots opened at the end of October at the former Liquidation World location at Northwood Mall.