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The police services board hopes proposed provincial legislation will mean more money for the city. The responsibility of administering the Provincial Offences Act was handed to municipalities more than 15 years ago.

Charla Robinson is the new head of the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce. Robinson, formerly the executive director at the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association, takes over her new role on April 29.

While the area's catholic school board is proud of one of its high schools cracking the top 100 in Ontario, there’s always more work to be done.

College and university students were helping EcoSuperior renovate its way to a new green home Monday. The local environmental group is in the process of renovating a home on Red River road next to its main office.

Jim Bailey wants the city to think of other ways to handle stormwater management. Bailey is one of the speakers at the North Shore Remedial Action Plan open house at the Prince Arthur’s Landing Baggage Building Monday.

Coun. Ken Boshcoff is calling Toronto’s special deal with Ontario’s Lottery and Gaming Corporation unfair.

A First Nations teenager has admitted he lied when he accused a Thunder Bay police officer of dropping him off outside city limits on Dec. 2.

The chair of the city’s Anti-Racism Advisory Council is calling the raising of the respect flag a milestone for the campaign.

A man charged in connection with a fatal hit and run incident has to wait until June for his day in court.

Ken Deacon says he’s worried about the health of Lake Superior. Deacon, an aquatic entomologist, will hold a presentation on the health of Lake Superior along with Lucie Lavoie, program coordinator with EcoSuperior, Tuesday at the CLE grounds.