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Bob Maine is looking at a row of houses where he used to run. The first student president of Hammarskjold High School remembers that when the school first opened 50 years ago, it didn’t have a gym.

Another aggravated assault charge has been laid against a Thunder Bay woman. Thea Gliddy, 31, has been charged with a fourth count of aggravated assault stemming from an incident over the long weekend.

Darrell Matson says the $36 million cost estimate to repair the flood-damaged Water Pollution Control Plant is slightly higher than first thought.

Austyn Williams happened to be a the right place at the right time. The quick-thinking Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute students and a buddy spotted smoke billowing from behind a High Street residence Wednesday afternoon.

A fire that caused minimal damage to a Pomona Drive mobile home Wednesday is under investigation.

A 28-year-old shooting victim remains in the intensive care unit while the man suspected of being the shooter is out on bail.

The recent heavy rain has led the district’s health unit to issue an advisory for residents on well water to boil their water before consumption.

A group of volunteers is trying to keep nearly 100 acres behind the Lakehead Psychiatric Hospital as clean, public green space. Winston Loh, Dan Morrison and Joanne Valley all began cleaning up the area behind the LPH about a year ago.

Despite its history with flooding, the recent rainfall has had no impact on Fort William Historical Park. More than 60 millimetres of rain fell on the city and region over the holiday weekend.

The Youth Dragon Boat Festival set for Saturday has been cancelled because of high water levels and flood threats.