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An Algoma Street business manager says business is down 40 per cent since road work started on the busy Thunder Bay street.

Chiefs near Ring of Fire not seeing eye-to-eye on evictions A pending eviction notice to mining companies with interest around the Ring of Fire is causing divisions among Matawa First Nation communities.

Officers with the Kenora detachment of the OPP are investigating a death on the Whitefish Bay First Nation that was reported over the weekend. Officers were called to a store in the community Sunday after reports of shots being fired.

Cyclists on the sidewalk can – and should – expect to be ticketed if caught by Thunder Bay police. Sgt.

Coun. Ken Boshcoff wants to restart the conversation of creating a museum honouring everyone who has made a cross-Canada journey for a cause Terry Fox, Rick Hansen and Steve Fonyo are synonymous with trekking across Canada for a cause.

The price tag to retrofit Thunder Bay's historic Whalen Building is going up. That's due, in part, to a lightning strike back in May that destroyed one of the ornamental lanterns on the roof.

Henna artist Kim Brennan says being a tattooist never made much of an impression with her.

Water main repairs may reduce traffic along Golf Links Road for up to four days, say city officials. Repairs to a water main along Golf Links Road between the Harbour Expressway and Fanshaw Street is expected to start around 7 a.m.

Jim Davidson has caught the big one. He caught a record-breaking 25.5 pound salmon at this year’s annual Salmon Derby competition. The last time a fish that size won the derby was in 2006 at around 24 pounds.

A woman driver received minor injuries after her vehicle was forced off the roadway and slammed into a ditch along Highway 11/17. OPP officers and other emergency services responded to the incident just after 2 p.m. Saturday.