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A final vote is expected in Ottawa Wednesday that should end the long-gun registry for good. A second to last vote was held last week on Bill C-19.

The three men accused of murdering Robert Topping will be going to trial. Nick Webber, Sheldon Wabason and Chris Hawk appeared in the Ontario Court of Justice in Thunder Bay on Tuesday.

More than 200 people from around the region are gathering in Thunder Bay this week to network with trades people during the 10th Annual First Nations Northern Housing Conference.

Looking for a last-minute Valentine’s Day gift? Thunder Bay’s Gentlemen of Harmony might just have the answer. For $50, a special someone can be serenaded by the group, complete with four-part harmony.

As lawyers at a murder trial rest their case, Andre Wareham told the court that Bill Atkins’ death will forever be scarred on his brain.

The three-day hearing for a Thunder Bay Police Service officer charged with misconduct will begin Wednesday. Sgt. James Mauro faces two counts of misconduct under the Police Services Act. He was suspended from duty on March 26, 2010.

A settlement has been reached in a haircutting incident that grabbed national headlines nearly three years ago. An education assistant cut the hair of a First Nations boy at McKellar Park School in April 2009.

Fear of falling glass has forced the city’s hand and will see the Centennial Botanical Conservatory closed immediately for up to two months.

City police officers believe an abduction at a Greyhound bus terminal appears to be a case of a drug deal involving magic mushrooms gone bad.

The city will spend $690,000 a year to run the waterfront until private development comes in.