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A Catholic priest is facing several sexual assault charges dating to alleged offences against a teenaged male victim between 1987 and 1989. Now 56, Roger Pronovost was assigned to St. John the Baptist Church in Longlac, Ont.

St. Ignatius is the city’s best high school, according to results released Sunday by right-wing think tank The Fraser Institute. The school scored a 7.

The first phase of construction on Golf Links Road will cost city coffers about $1 million more than orginally bugeted for.

The start of the outdoor golf season might be a few months away, but that doesn’t mean one can’t sharpen up their short game with a round of indoor mini-putt.

In economic grain crisis in the west could have an affect on Thunder Bay’s port, however it’s unknown right now how significant it could be. Canada usually produces around 52-million tonnes of grain in a given year.

A snowmobiling incident has claimed the life of a 43-year-old Ear Falls man. The incident happened Thursday evening as a group of three snowmobilers was travelling on a hydro corridor near that community.

City police have seized more than $61,000 in drugs from a Chippewa Road home. On Tuesday afternoon, the Thunder Bay Police Service's drug unit executed a search warrant at a Totem Trailer Park home.

The region’s hospital is reducing its energy consumption by 22 per cent after infrastructure retrofitting.

Kenora OPP are struggling to deal with an odor problem emanating from their narcotic storage area. Inspector Dave Lucas says they've confiscated about 300 pounds of marijuana and 18 pounds of cocaine in the past three years.

Paramedics are trained to handle medical emergencies. But they're also responding to numerous non-emergency calls that officials say wreak havoc throughout the entire system.