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Anti-poverty activists are calling on the province to bring social assistance back in time to what it was before the days of former premier Mike Harris.

Ontario’s Minister of Northern Development and Mines says he doubts forestry will ever return to its glory days.

Andrew Foulds says the race for Thunder Bay-Superior North begins on Friday.

Thunder Bay Police says the death of a 34-year-old man on Leith Street is not suspicious The man, who has not been identified, was discovered Thursday afternoon by a passerby, who phoned police at approximately 5:40 p.m.

More needs to be done on the federal and provincial levels to increase safety for pedestrians and cyclists, says the city’s active transportation coordinator.

Officials at the Meno-Ya-Win Health Centre in Sioux Lookout are now taking legal action against the hospital's designer and builder after several years of dealing with leaky roofs.

With the penny being phased out, the United Way may have look for a replacement to its annual penny-collecting campaign.

Some children got a close up view of the universe at Fort William Historical Park over their March Break. During the park’s March Break day camps Thursday, some kids got a lesson in astronomy at the David Thompson Astronomical Observatory.

Traveling to a foreign land no longer requires an extra trip to a bank teller. Officials with the Thunder Bay International Airport announced Thursday that travellers can now access international cash on-demand with a foreign currency ATM.

This region’s Members of Parliament want the federal budget to put money toward some of the North’s infrastructure that’s gone beyond its best before date.