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THUNDER BAY -- A Superior Court of Justice found Nicholas Webber guilty of manslaughter. The 20-year-old pleaded guilty to manslaughter and break and enter in his role in a September 2011 incident.

Thirteen years ago, when Thunder Bay’s Bill Heibein was diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s Disease, he was told he had five good years left.

THUNDER BAY -- Mayor Keith Hobbs says ensuring the conversion of the city’s coal-fired generating station to natural gas is his No. 1 priority heading into the new year.

THUNDER BAY -- City police have identified the homicide victim from a Dec. 29 incident at Villa Street. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say the body of 25-year-old Desmond Dennis Mathews was found at a Villa Street home.

DRYDEN, Ont. -- The telephone deal between the city of Dryden and Bell is complete. The final authorization of the sale of landline and Internet assets had been granted by Dryden city council in October.

Veronica Rojik thought she might have a Christmas baby.

THUNDER BAY -- City councillors ranked the May floods as the most significant event of the year.

Nowhere are traditions more revered than in the military.

THUNDER BAY -- Some Villa Street residents say they were surprised to hear the news that a murder happened in their quiet neighbourhood. The city’s sixth homicide investigation of 2012 began after 7 p.m.

THUNDER BAY -- Police are investigating a possible hate crime after a woman was allegedly sexually assaulted and abducted last week. A 36-year-old woman was walking near Blucher Avenue on Dec. 27 around 9 p.m.