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In order to design the perfect playhouse, Vikki Drapeau took inspiration from her favourite childhood toy – a troll doll. The spikey-headed doll had reminded her of the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff and the bridge they had to cross.

A new strategic plan for AIDS Thunder Bay will reflect their change in focus to HIV and Hepatitis C. Officials with AIDS Thunder Bay say the new strategy is part of a three-year plan to strengthen current programs and create new ones.

Firefighters were able to bring a small house fire under control before it did any major damage. Thunder Bay Fire and Rescue responded to a call about a house fire on Mayflower Drive just before 8 p.m. on Monday.

Abdullah Alwohaibi says he hopes the Shad Valley program will brings out the best in him so he can become a mechanical engineer.

As thousands celebrated the nation’s birthday, police say they had no problems throughout the night.

Bernadette Danco and her husband Daniel had one more thing to celebrate on Canada Day. The couple from Atikokan learned Sunday that they had won the Fort William Rotary Club house lottery.

With various public art projects being installed throughout the city, particularly at the waterfront, Vesa Peltonen felt something was missing. He thought the city needed an art project that honoured the city’s history.

The country of West Papua is a hidden gem that Jeremy Bally wants to share with his fellow Canadians. Bally is from Victoria, B.C.

The city was red and white all over for Canada Day. Thousands of people in Thunder Bay were given a beautiful gift for the nation’s 145 th birthday Sunday as temperatures hit the high 20s and the sun was out in full force.

A lot of time and money has been spent by train yards over the years to keep graffiti artists out. On the flipside, artists over the years have spent a lot of time, money and skill hopping fences and dodging security to get in.