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Winter couldn't have stopped by at a better time for the city's waterfront.

The city was digging itself out of the first significant snowfall of the season Tuesday morning.

KENORA, Ont. -- provincial police made a highway drug bust that led to the seizure of an estimated $450,000 worth of marijuana. Officers with the Kenora detachment of the OPP made the bust Monday afternoon on Highway 17 just west of Kenora.

Rebecca Johnson and Linda Rydholm are rare exceptions to this city's male-dominated political landscape. As the only two female councillors serving the City of Thunder Bay, Johnson and Rydholm are flanked by 11 male political counterparts.

Dryden OPP are investigating the sudden death of a Machin, Ont., resident. Police say they were called to a remote location in Mutrie Township Monday afternoon, where the body of a 44-year-old man had been discovered.

FORT FRANCES, Ont. -- Provincial police have reported the seizure of $1,400 worth of methamphetamine from this Northern Ontario town. The drug bust took place Thursday, Nov. 28 when officers conducted a search in the Walleye Trailer Park.

A Fort Frances couple have been identified as the victims in fatal crash Monday afternoon near Fort Frances. The fatal crash took place on Highway 11 when a passenger car came into collision with a logging truck.

The city has been given a million dollar plan to help its youth. The youth services advisory committee presented its recommendations after two years of work Monday night.

The city could open itself up to millions of dollars in lawsuits if it keeps operating a rural water delivery system its lawyer says but some on council say that’s just fear mongering.

A weekend mountain rescue is the most challenging and dangerous rescue city fire crews have had to perform in fire Chief John Hay's memory. "I couldn't think of worse conditions to do it in.