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A lack of ice on Lake Superior has forced a change in venue for the first annual Dougall Media Ice Fishing Tournament for Teen Challenge Thunder Bay.

There’s been yet another armed robbery in Thunder Bay. Police say at about 10:17 p.m. a man entered a Mac's Convenience Store on South Syndicate Avenue armed with a knife and made off with an undisclosed amount of money.

Three dollars ensured Susan Jones was the top individual pledger at the 16th annual Bearskin Airlines Hope Classic. The annual curling tournament concluded at the Fort William Curling Club on Sunday.

Isiah Maxwell says going to the Underground Gym is like going to hang out with his family. The 13-year-old Vance Chapman Public School student joined the gym when he was about five years old.

Firefighters say they were surprised to find a man was living in a camper attached to an abandoned truck. Thunder Bay Fire and Rescue received a call about a fire along Mission Road around 12:30 a.m. Sunday.

City councilors have voted to keep their travel budget the way it is. City Clerk John Hannam proposed a $10,000 cut to the travel budget for city councilors last week. That would have brought the travel expenses down to $20,000 a year.

The man struck by a vehicle on Fort William Road is in stable condition, police say. Thunder Bay Police Service officers confirmed on Saturday that the man’s health had improved.

In Thunder Bay, it’s a camp not a cottage. That’s just one of the many Thunder Bayism illustrations made by Doug Gorrie. The local graphic designer made the series to express some of the unique characteristics only found in Thunder Bay.

Families were able to spend the long weekend sliding down hills and skating on the Kaministiquia River at the Fort William Historical Park winter carnival. Hundreds took in the outdoor activities at the old fort on Saturday.

Police charged an 18-year-old Oliver Paipoonge man with a variety of firearms offences after he allegedly fired his shotgun into the air. Thunder Bay Police Service responded around 3 a.m. Saturday to a number of reports of a shots being fired.