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The city’s summer festival season is now off the ground. Thousands of people took their kites to the skies around Chippewa Park Sunday for Thunder Bay’s 33 rd annual kite festival.

The city’s summer festival season is now off the ground. Thousands of people took their kites to the skies around Chippewa Park Sunday for Thunder Bay’s 33 rd annual kite festival.

Kyle Lees just wants to make people laugh. The 28-year-old Thunder Bay man is the cartoonist behind Ski Ninjas , a five-days a week comic strip found online.

Ryan Mackie hopes his sons will follow in his footsteps. As regional manager for a local mining lab, he has watched the mining industry grow in Thunder Bay over the past five years.

Nicole Bissell was hoping to reach 50 people when she started organizing a local march to join a global day of action.

Four score and seven years ago, the face of Memorial Avenue was drastically changed.

Administration is recommending city council provide a third of the cost to renovate the James Whalen building. The total cost to renovate the 100-year-old building is estimated to cost $3 million.

Police have found the body of a Lac Seul First Nations man who was reported missing May 20. On Friday officials with the Dryden detachment of the OPP confirmed that the body of Dion Morrison, 47, was discovered.

City administration wants to bring voting in municipal elections to the 21 century. Administration is recommending offering voters a chance to cast their ballots either online or over their phones.

Someone out there isn’t a fan of the condition of Thunder Bay’s Adelaide Street.