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Figures released by Canada Border Services show that the number of people going to the U.S. through Pigeon River is slightly higher than the same time last year. In March, more than 42,000 people were processed through the border crossing.

City council has voted to close the Municipal Golf Course by the end of the season. Council voted 8-3 in favour of closing the Municipal Golf Course at the general meeting on Monday.

Bruce Hyer says he’s willing to meet the NDP halfway, but he’ll only return to the party under certain conditions. First and foremost the now-independent MP says the party must free him to vote the will of his constituents.

After a four-month hiatus, the trial of a 22-year-old man charged with robbing a credit union near Rosslyn Road and Highway 130 continued Monday.

The second-degree murder charge against one of the suspects in the death of Robert Topping was withdrawn Monday. Twenty-one-year-old Christopher Hawk pleaded guilty to one count of robbery Monday morning at the Superior Court of Justice.

Just when you thought it was safe to do laundry in the afternoon, along comes the warm summer months and the semi-annual switch of time-of-use electricity periods in Ontario.

The president of the Ontario Medical Association is worried fee cuts to doctors will make Ontario less competitive for recruiting and retaining physicians.

Marilyn Ailey says she’s had a few close calls over the years while riding her bike on Thunder Bay streets.

Thunder Bay Insurance and Gillons’ Insurance Brokers in Fort Frances have merged. The merger makes the two companies now one of the largest independently-owned insurance brokerage in Northwestern Ontario.

Fort William Historical Park may seem like an odd fit for a celestial observatory, but the two actually go hand-in-hand, says a park spokesman.