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Women are the backbone of the community, which is something men don’t always recognize in Nishnawbe Aski Nation, says NAN Women’s Council spokeswoman. “Women are not appreciated a lot of times,” said Jackie Fletcher.

Thunder Bay police have three Quebec men with ties to Montreal street gangs in custody following an early-morning drug bust that netted $53,000 in cocaine, crack cocaine and marijuana.

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.