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Firefighters were unable to save a camp near Chippewa Park destroyed in a major blaze. Thunder Bay Fire Services responded to the fire call at the camp on Grand Point Road at 2 a.m. Wednesday.

Members of Thunder Bay’s Olympic effort were honoured with a party before heading out to Vancouver this week. With friends, family, a cake and a DJ, the Arthur Street McDonald’s sent off locals working the games off in style.

A citizen’s group has asked the Lakehead Public School Board to join the fight against the proposed Big Thunder Wind Park.

Thunder Bay continues to outpace the province in potentially fatal trends, including high rates of smoking, obesity and high blood pressure. The Heart and Stroke Foundation released its 2010 annual report on the health of Canadians.

Shareholders with Freewest Resources have voted in favour of a friendly takeover bid by Cliffs Natural Resources. The $240-million transaction clears the way for development of a major chromite deposit in this region.

A spokesperson for the criminal lawyers’ association in Thunder Bay says he is glad the province’s legal aid boycott is over.

Despite facing a faltering economy and a deep local recession, the local United Way chapter surpassed its $2.24 million fundraising goal for 2009 with a total of $2,385,848.

Despite facing a faltering economy and a deep local recession, the local United Way chapter surpassed its $2.24 million fundraising goal for 2009 with a total of $2,385,848.

A vocal opponent of the Big Thunder Wind Park was once sub contracted to do work for the controversial project. Ward Bond, owner of Loch Lomond Ski Resort, received nearly $9,000 for sub-contracted work from Horizon Wind Inc.

A man suspected of swindling thousands of dollars from local seniors could be the same person Toronto police are now looking for.