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Thunder Bay - Rainy River MP John Rafferty is getting support from the other opposition parties in Ottawa for his bill to change Canada's laws regarding pension protection.

One fire fighter was injured in a garage fire Monday evening. The large garage on Toms Road was fully engulfed in flames when fire crews arrived. 22 fire fighters from five fire stations battled the blaze.

Police are looking for two male suspects after a woman was robbed at knife point late Monday night. The suspects stole the woman’s purse just before midnight in a park off of Lambton Place. They wear last seen heading toward James Street.

Voters looking to phone, mail or cast their ballot by internet won’t get the chance this October after a recommendation was voted down by city council Monday night.

Booting around municipal roads on an All-Terrain Vehicles may be legal in Oliver-Paipoonge as early as Tuesday morning.

The Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office has ruled out an explosion as the cause of a house fire just east of Shabaqua on Highway 11-17. An investigation continues into the Saturday evening blaze that levelled the home. OPP Private-Const.

Winning a vintage sports car would be a dream come true for some people. But that dream will become a reality for one lucky ticket holder later this year. The Thunder Bay Museum is once again holding their classic car raffle.

Six headstones were overturned and 10 other plots vandalized in the Lappe Cemetery over the weekend. An area resident contacted the Thunder Bay OPP early Saturday morning alerting them of the damage to the cemetery on Highway 589 in Gorham Township.

Police officers found more than a domestic dispute at a Keith Street home after responding to a 911 call early Sunday morning.

More than 130 students from Grades 4 through 12 represented their schools this weekend at the 2010 Northwestern Ontario Regional Science Fair, which wrapped up Sunday with an awards ceremony honouring the competition's best young scientists.