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Provincial opposition is demanding answers from Ontario's Ministry of Correctional Services, saying conditions in jails are getting worse.

Thunder Bay Fire and Rescue officials say a cigarette may be to blame for a Wednesday afternoon fire at a daycare. Crews responded to reports of smoke coming from a building on Grenville Avenue at around 5:30 p.m.

A local MP said he’s pleased to see unity among opposition parties in passing a motion on Parliament Hill Wednesday.

Ministry of Natural Resources fire crews had a busy Wednesday due to what appears to be an early spring. The MNR, Lappe and Gorham fire departments responded just after 2 p.m. Wednesday to a grass fire on North Branch Road.

Atikokan Mayor Dennis Brown says the plan to convert the town's generating station from coal-fired to wood pellets is ready to go pending approval from the province.

Police arrested two people in Thunder Bay following a Drug Enforcement Unit raid Tuesday. Thunder Bay Police Service officials say officers searched a Rowand Street home.

If the city’s engineering department has its way, navigating one of Thunder Bay’s major cross-town arteries could prove to be a nightmare in a month or so.

A grocery store is warning its women customers to keep an eye on their purses after reports of two weekend purse snatching incidents.

A supervisor for the multi-million dollar waterfront development project says warm weather has allowed construction to progress about 50 per cent faster than it typically would in March.

The province will reveal on March 25 how it plans to eliminate a record deficit of nearly $25 billion. That's when Finance Minister Dwight Duncan will table the budget.