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For Sharon Johnson, walking past the place she last saw her sister alive is still painful after more than 20 years. Her sister Sandra, 18, came to Thunder Bay to go to school. The sisters lived in an apartment near May and Dease Street on Feb.

First United flight from Chicago expected to arrive this evening Officials at the Thunder Bay International Airport are awaiting a special arrival Thursday evening. The first flight from Chicago by United Airlines is scheduled to land at 9:20 p.m.

A partnership between Horizon Wind Inc. and the Thunder Bay Boys and Girls Club has drawn the attention of a group opposed to turbines being erected on the Nor’Wester mountain range.

The Centennial Botanical Conservatory is reopening its doors to the public Friday. The facility has been closed for the last year after safety concerns that included falling glass were raised.

A cat cold has hit the Thunder Bay and District Humane Society. About 20 out of 65 cats at the animal shelter have an upper respiratory virus, or a kitty cold.

It’s that time of year again when the community clears off dashboards, empties out jars and digs to the bottom of purses to help the United Way. The 18 th annual Pennies for Change campaign kicked off in Thunder Bay Thursday morning.

Some residents say city council needs to be more open to public input during the budget process. Council approved the more than 400-page budget in principle on Tuesday.

Police charged a 22-year-old-man with a number of driving offences after his truck crashed into a wooded area near Arundel Street. The crash happened just before 6 p.m. on Wednesday.

A Thunder Bay great-grandmother is the city's latest lucky lottery winner. Zoovart Wakewich, 81, was in Toronto Wednesday to pick up a cheque for $100,000. That's the top prize in the OLG's Cash In scratch game.

Although the conversion of the Thunder Bay Generating Station from coal to natural gas has been stopped, there is another possibility for the power plant’s future – biomass.