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A lengthy fraud trial involving a Thunder Bay woman has now wrapped up at the Superior Court of Justice.

The city and surrounding areas are now officially disaster zones.

This year continues to be a good one for new home construction in the Thunder Bay area. Officials with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation say contractors broke ground on 22 new single-detached homes last month.

The Ontario Native Women’s Association is reinforcing its people’s connection to the land with a community garden initiative.

The jobless rate for the city rose last month, according to new numbers released by Statistics Canada. The jobless rate for the city was 5.7 per cent, which is up from the 5.2 per cent Statistics Canada reported for April.

One man dead after two transport trucks collide on 11-17 Traffic was down to a single lane on a stretch of Highway 11-17 west of Nipigon Friday morning. OPP officers are investigating a fatal collision that happened just after 11 p.m. Thursday.

After a lot of hard work over the last couple of years, Confederation College graduates were excited about the future as they received their diplomas Friday.

The federal government has spent millions of dollars shipping bottled water to a remote First Nation community with an ineffective water treatment plant. Marten Falls First Nation has had a boil water advisory since 2007.

Shawn Wright’s insurance will only cover 75 per cent of the flood damages done to his Hargrave Street home. “I’m losing 25 per cent plus lost wages, etcetera, etcetera. It’s hard to live from that right now,” he said.

The Premier is assuring the city that help is on the way. On Thursday, Premier Dalton McGuinty’s office released a letter he sent to Mayor Keith Hobbs.