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Residents on the North Shore may have felt a big bump this afternoon. Officials with Earthquakes Canada confirmed that there was a minor earthquake registering 2.3 in magnitude. The tremor hit just before 2 p.m.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation released 13 recommendations to improve safety for all citizens in Thunder Bay. The report, released Friday afternoon, is based on information and concerns raised at the Safe Streets, Safe Community forum held in the city on Jan.

Fort William First Nation's chief says his community is involved in preliminary talks with a mining company to bring a chromite processing plant to this area. Chief Peter Collins has met with officials with Noront Resources Ltd.

GULL BAY, FIRST NATION -- Parents in this remote community are still concerned about their children’s education. Financial problems had forced the community to shut down many social services including emergency services and the school.

THUNDER BAY -- The city's police force has issued issued an alert about an individual who reportedly has been defrauding people over the past few months.

THUNDER BAY -- A two-vehicle crash along Highway 61 near Broadway Avenue sent one person to hospital. The collision took place sometime before 11 a.m. Friday on the bridge along the busy stretch of highway near the Thunder Bay International Airport.

THUNDER BAY -- The area's inflation rate remained unchanged in December, Statistics Canada numbers show. Recently released data shows that the inflation rate for this area in December stayed at 0.

KENORA, Ont. -- A murder trial in this Northwestern Ontario city came to a bizarre halt Thursday, after the lawyer for one of the accused was appointed as a judge of the Ontario Court of Justice.

THUNDER BAY -- St. Joseph’s Care Group has to go back to the drawing board for the next phase of the Centre of Excellence for Integrated Seniors’ Services.

Anything can happen on the floor of the Ontario Liberal Leadership convention, says a local MPP. Bill Mauro (Lib., Thunder Bay - Atikokan) has made it clear he's supporting Sandra Pupatello in her leadership bid.