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The city needs to open more of its land up to business, says the city’s Chamber of Commerce president.

An area chief says he’s a little frustrated by the federal government’s response so far during an historic meeting between the Crown and First Nations leaders in Ottawa. Fort William First Nation Chief Peter Collins is in Ottawa.

Crown attorneys have closed their case against a man accused of killing his common-law partner. The Crown called its final three witnesses at the Thunder Bay Superior Court Tuesday.

City police are releasing a security video they hope will help them find the suspect involved in a recent convenience store robbery.

A woman has been sent to hospital with a leg injury, after a two-car collision Tuesday at the intersection of the Shabaqua Extension and Twin City Cross Road.

A search is underway in the Terrace Bay area for a missing 31-year-old man. Officials with the OPP say Greg Muckaday was last seen at his home in Terrace Bay in the early Monday morning.

Another area First nation community has declared a state of emergency. The chief of Cat Lake First Nation recently declared the state of emergency to federal and provincial officials due to the widespread use of prescription drugs in that community.

If the city doesn’t do something about cell towers, it may have a riot on its hands one day a councillor says. Coun.

It will cost homeowners an average of $10 a month extra to live in Thunder Bay if the city approves its 2012 budget. The budget would see a 2.67 per cent average increase on homeowners who are being reassessed in 2012, or a 1.

Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation has made a deal that community leaders hope will help them cut through bureaucratic red tape.