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When it comes to relief funding, Ontario’s NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says flood victims in Thunder Bay deserve answers.

A fast food chain is helping make wishes come true for local children with life-threatening illnesses.

Pride will be alive in the city next week. After a successful inaugural event last June, Thunder Pride is back this year with many of the same events, but hopefully a little bigger, said community relations chairman Tom Boland.

About 40 people who work in Thunder Bay's tourism industry have learned how to provide better services to tourists.

Thunder Bay’s current transit system isn’t working. That was the message director of transit solutions for Genivar Inc. Dennis Fletcher told city council Monday night.

Council approved a recommendation to place five new dedicated bike lanes on streets across the city. A majority of council voted in favour of the new bike lanes being implemented as part of the city’s active transportation routes.

Council unanimously passed a resolution to start a relief fund for flood victims with an initial $500,000 to get the ball rolling.

The federal government has a plan to make the country’s resource sector environmentally and economically sustainable, but some don’t see it that way.

City police say they’ve received several complaints from homeowners in flooded areas regarding the removal of property from the yards.

A local law firm has plans to take the city to court for what it alleges is negligence in allowing the Atlantic Avenue Sewage Treatment Plant to flood.