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Smoke-free grounds at the hospital will now be backed up by the city. The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre property has been smoke-free since it opened in 2004.

A man who jumped out of a boat and onto the back of a swimming moose has been fined $2,500. Matthew Weiers of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta and Andrew Weiers of Dryden pleaded guilty to harassing a cow moose and fined $2,500 each.

A song of hope is resonating through the community, and now it's getting national recognition.

A provincial bill to expand the bear hunt in Ontario has the support of at least one area outdoorsman. The private member's bill is being introduced at Queen's Park by MPP Bill Mauro (Lib. Thunder Bay - Atikokan).

The region's hospital is looking to become completely smoke-free, but must wait for the decision that will determine if it can be brought to a practical fruition.

NIPIGON, Ont. -- Police charged a trio of youth for allegedly selling drugs at a high school Friday. OPP officers charged the three youths after visiting the Nipigon-Red Rock High School.

Mayor Keith Hobbs thinks the city may need to take on debt to pay for some critical capital projects. Council will receive a report on $148-million worth of strategic infrastructure that the city will try to complete in four years.

Leaves are starting to change colour and pumpkins are ready to be harvested, which means an annual tradition is kicking off. Families flocked out to the countryside this weekend for the beginning of the 18th annual Pumpkinfest at Gammondale Farm.

When Zahid Hassan first came to Thunder Bay in 2008 the community of international students at Lakehead University was nearly non-existent. Now the population is thriving five years later with nearly 500 people.

When J.P. Levesque participates in remembrance ceremonies he is reminded not only of officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice, but of the daily perils policing presents.