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A man is in critical condition following a nighttime assault on the city’s East End. Officers with the Thunder Bay Police Service responded to reports of a serious assault at about 11 p.m. Sunday.

City council is expected to award some big contracts at Monday evening. Nearly $9 million worth of local infrastructure projects are on the agenda at the regular scheduled city council meeting at Thunder Bay city hall.

George Kearney says he remembers his fallen friends each May, when Thunder Bay gathers to commemorate the Battle of the Atlantic.

The city is preparing to host up to 150 evacuees from flooded-out Kashechewan First Nation.

Stephanie Drebit hit up Folklore Festival for one reason and one reason only. Her friend, Randy Thomas, was a little more adventurous.

The winter that never ends has forced Sunday’s Battle of the Atlantic ceremony indoors. Naval officials on Saturday said lingering ice and snow at the Marina Park Anchorage convinced them to move the ceremony to HMCS Griffon headquarters.

On Saturday a dedicated group of enthusiasts spent a couple of hours learning more about their own. Thunder Bay played host to six Jane’s Walk tours.

OPP have arrested a 20-year-old man and charged him with sexual assault following a complaint laid at Pelican Lake First Nation High School.

Fed up with waiting on the province, Northern mayors plan to develop a Northern Growth Plan themselves. Mayors from Sault Ste.

Ontario’s proposed budget will slash about six per cent - or about $50 million -- from the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. Despite the cut, the minister responsible for that ministry says he can still meet the needs of the North.