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While many people speak of the demise of the region’s forestry industry, experts from around the world are in Thunder Bay to discuss new opportunities set to bring it back.

A woman who has spent the past two years in prison awaiting trial on a murder charge has been set free. 30-year-old Thea Gliddy was supposed to begin her jury trial Monday on a second-degree murder charge for the death of Randy Cromarty in 2010.

Police are on the hunt for another vehicle arsonist. Just after 4 a.m. in the 500-block of East Empire Avenue police and fire received a call about red Acura Integra which was on fire in a laneway behind a home.

Stan Beardy has thrown his hat into the race for Ontario’s Regional Chief for the Assembly of First Nations. The Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief announced his candidacy at a media conference at the Victoria Inn on Sunday.

Years of training boiled down to a single six-minute test for Iaido master Doug Martin. Martin stood in front of a panel six and seven dan masters as he performed his series of katas or sequenced movements with his katana.

Thunder Bay representatives have started the long journey to Gifu City, Japan. City officials including Mayor Keith Hobbs and Red River Ward Coun.

Police are asking the public for help in tracking down two suspects involved in an armed robbery on Sunday. Thunder Bay Police Service officers say two men entered the Mac’s Convenience store on Waterloo Street armed with a knife around 3:45 a.

Paramedics took two people to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre following a single vehicle collision early Sunday morning. Thunder Bay Police Service officers say the collision happened around 1:50 a.m. at Valley Street and John Street.

Participants exercised their green thumbs by planting hundreds of shrubs and trees around Boulevard Lake. More than 30 participants came out to plant trees and shrubs at the annual celebration at Boulevard Lake on Saturday.

Occupy Thunder Bay protesters have come out of hibernation and returned to city hall albeit with the fewest number of people yet. The movement has continued across Canada and internationally since its inception last year.