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The Thunder Bay and District Health Unit has issued a beach advisory for Boulevard Lake. In a news release issued to media Wednesday morning, the health unit confirmed that there is now a swimming advisory for Sunny Beach.

City police are investigating a two-vehicle crash at the corner of Wolseley and Algoma Streets Wednesday morning. The Thunder Bay Police Service’s traffic unit arrived on scene after 6:50 a.m.

A class lawsuit against the federal government regarding the ‘60s Scoop is moving ahead. Beaverhouse First Nations Chief Marcia Brown Martel is the lead plaintiff in the class-action suit that received certification Tuesday morning.

Hospital officials hope the worst of an outbreak on two of its floors is over. Around five of the 78 patients at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre’s surgical inpatient floors are suffering from C. Difficile.

A passenger in a van that on Tuesday struck the side of a Dawson Road building says he thanks God they didn’t hit anyone when their brakes went out.

The City of Dryden is taking steps toward dealing with its ongoing financial turmoil.

The summer holidays aren’t very helpful for some students when they return to school in September.

City police are investigating Thunder Bay’s second homicide of 2013.

A Kenora detachment OPP officer charged with dangerous driving causing death has been ordered to stand trial. Const. Troy Bender was charged in November by the province's Special Investigations Unit. He was driving an OPP cruiser on Sept.

Fresh faces among Cliffs Natural Resources’ senior executives won’t impact the development of its Ring of Fire project, says a company spokeswoman.