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Richard Wilkes was dismayed to see only six other people at the first community engagement session on the Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute’s cyclotron project.

With a deadline fast approaching, the province says it’s committed to keeping the Experimental Lakes Area open.

Cam Meshake knows mining prosperity might be just around the corner. But the Aroland First Nation resident said for many of his twenty-something friends, it’s tough figuring out how to break into the industry.

While Thunder Bay saw a 17 per cent drop in crime severity in 2012, the city couldn’t shed its infamous title of murder capital of Canada. Statistics Canada released its national crime statistics Thursday and Thunder Bay was No.

A little more than five years ago, Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a historic apology to former students of the infamous residential schools program.

Bruce Hyer says he wants more time to think about a Conservative MP’s proposal to force Canadians to have to opt in to view pornography online.

The Superior North EMS is getting a funding boost from the province. The 4.8 per cent increase amounts to nearly $540,000. In total, Ontario contributes $11.4 million to Thunder Bay's land ambulance service.

Saara Rizzo wants to see changes at the Chippewa Park Wildlife Exhibit. The Thunder Bay woman started a Facebook page calling for a shift in values at the exhibit to conservation and wildlife rehabilitation.

Saara Rizzo wants to see changes at the Chippewa Park Wildlife Exhibit. The Thunder Bay woman started a Facebook page page calling for a shift in values at the exhibit to conservation and wildlife rehabilitation.

The mayor thinks it might be time for the city to look at becoming North America’s second city with safe injection sites. The Superior Points Harm Reduction program hands out about 63,000 needles a month.