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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.

THUNDER BAY -- It's New Year's Eve, and that means you might be looking for a cab.

THUNDER BAY -- Stricter gun control laws won’t stop tragedies like the shooting in Sandy Hook Elementary School from happening, says a regional spokesman for an outdoors club.

While hockey greats Paul Henderson and Ken Dryden garnered most of the Order of Canada attention on New Year’s Eve, Northwestern Ontario has a reason to boast as well. Sioux Lookout’s Garnet Angeconeb was honoured by Gov.-Gen.

MARATHON, Ont. -- Police seized illegal drugs from three different vehicles during three different routine stops over the holidays. Officers with the OPP say on Dec.

For the past two weeks tbnewswatch.com has brought you our annual special feature we like to call the Look Back. We recapped every month, highlighting stories dominated headlines.

Police confirm that they are investigating an alleged sexual assault but won’t say much more.

Action will be taken against industry if the Idle No More movement is not heard by the federal government soon Peter Collins said. The chief of Fort William First Nation stood with around 200 people just South of the James Street Bridge Sunday.

A man is in hospital in serious condition after a Saturday morning assault. Police say the victim, allegedly assaulted by a female arrested at the scene, in the Brant Street area, is in critical condition in hospital.