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It will take several months to complete, but the $2.2-million demolition of Port Arthur General Hospital is scheduled to begin as early as next month.

Police arrested a man after he allegedly pointed a gun at a house Wednesday afternoon. Thunder Bay detachment OPP officers report that a man pointed a rifle at a Gorham Township home just after 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

David Walsh and Corrina Sands both had entrepreneurial dreams. They just didn’t have all the money to realize them.

Bradley Beecken says building a birch-bark canoe in class this year has taught him an important lesson: kids of his generation have it a heck of a lot easier than the kids of two or three centuries ago.

Canada Day will mark the end of an aquatic era in Thunder Bay. On July 1 the Frank Murphy Community Centre will shut its door, leaving three full-time staff and as many as 42 part-time staff to the unemployment line.

A popular event which sees around 1,000 women make their way around Boulevard Lake together every year has a new concept this time around. The 31st annual version of the Women's United Run includes the slogan "Stroll or Roll 2010".

The North of Superior Tourism Association celebrated the grand opening of its new location Thursday on May Street. Officials with NOSTA say the new site will reduce their expenses and raise the association's profile.

The North of Superior Tourism Association celebrated the grand opening of its new location Thursday on May Street. Officials with NOSTA say the new site will reduce their expenses and raise the association's profile.

It looks like the planned wind farm outside Dorion will be the first one in this region to make it to the actual construction phase.

There are indications tonight that the region's forest industry may be turning around. The Buchanan Group, which at one time operated nine mills in the Northwest, is getting ready to restart a full third of those facilities.