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As the nation waits for the federal budget to come down Thursday, the Grand Chief of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation is weighing in on what he would like to see to benefit First Nation communities.

First Nation chiefs meeting in the city to discuss the Ring of Fire development are not speaking to the media.

The first Northwest Film Fest was held over four days 20 years ago in the former Paramount Theatre.

The Idle No More movement has been far from idle recently, says a local supporter and organizer. While the protests have been quiet, Robert Animikii Horton said all across North America, organizers have been busy.

The Dryden Police Service is investigating what they are calling a heinous crime captured on a video that has been circulating social media.

Jack Masters can thank the pioneering work of cardiologist Chris Lai that he’s still around today. On New Year’s Day 81-year-old Masters, Thunder Bay’s former mayor and the grand old man of city politics, suffered a heart attack.

THUNDER BAY -- City administration is asking council to increase the previously approved 2011 budget in order to complete Phase 1 of the waterfront development project.

OPP in the Greenstone area continue their search for a missing man. Erik Legarde, 32, has not been seen since early Sunday morning.

Eli Moonias says he has no confidence in the federal government’s environmental review process.

Pat Rybar is still a bit speechless. Rybar and his two daughters drove by McKellar Confectionery on the city’s South side Friday when they decided to stop in for something to eat. His daughter Amy, 9, is in a wheelchair.