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Afterschool program finds new life after funding cuts THUNDER BAY – A crucial afterschool Aboriginal program is back in action after its federal funding was cut.

An ER doctor testified Monday that OPP Sgt. Darryl Storey told her he did not see Jasmine Veneruzzo’s car pull onto Highway 11/17 until the last minute.

THUNDER BAY – The city’s chief of police, J.P. Levesque, said the Eye on the Street program is worth a quarter-million dollars. “We like the program.

Nicholas Webber, who faces a second-degree murder charge, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. The 19-year-old pleaded guilty at the Superior Court of Justice in Thunder Bay on Monday.

A group of First Nation communities and First Nation organizations are filing a human rights complaint against the city’s police department.

A new grant is allowing Lakehead University to get students out of the classroom and into the field. The school announced a $1.

The Thunder Bay International Airport was a busy place in August. The transportation hub for Northwestern Ontario serviced 72,932 passengers last month, an 8.

Lac Des Illes workers ratify new three-year deal Lac Des Illes mine workers represented by the Steelworkers Union have ratified a new contract. The new deal gives the 200 workers a four per cent pay increase in each year of the three-year deal.

THUNDER BAY – City police arrested two women following an afternoon robbery Sunday. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say the incident took place near MacKenzie and Ogden Streets just after 2:30 p.m.

Official are investigating a house fire outside of the city Sunday. Thunder Bay Police Service and Oliver Paipoonge Fire Rescue responded to a fire call at a home on Kuuisto Road around 1 p.m. The fire was put out.