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More and more residents are beginning to turn to home heating as temperatures continue to drop outside. That’s led local firefighters to begin reminding residents to make sure they are turning the heat on safely.

Thunder Bay Police say they have a woman in custody in connection with an armed robbery at a Kakabeka Falls gas station. Police allege a 21-year-old woman entered the Shell station on Highway 11/17 on Monday night at about 5:30 p.m.

Officials with ReGen Med have asked for six more months and roughly $300,000 in order to make Canada’s only bone and tissue bank sustainable. City council received an update on the company’s operations at Monday night’s meeting.

City council wants to see the Revera Interim Long Term Care Home stay open. The long-term care facility is scheduled to close Oct.

THUNDER BAY – After a slow couple of months, the Thunder Bay Port Authority says local cargo numbers were back on the rise for September. Port officials are also saying there have been gains in every major category so far this year.

THUNDER BAY – Uniformed city police officers are voting again on whether to adopt a major change in their shift schedule.

THUNDER BAY -- There are 900 children in care in this district between the city’s Children’s Aid Society and Dilico Anishinabek Family Care.

Jerome Willie has seen a lot in his 78 years, but never anything like the carrot he pulled from his garden recently. Willie was pulling vegetables from the garden at his Neebing Avenue home a few days ago to donate to charity.

Rheanna Scott has always wanted a home to call her own.

More than $2.2 million worth of cocaine and heroin was seized on Sept. 22 at the Pigeon River Border crossing south of Thunder Bay.