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Mayor Keith Hobbs said students attending university today have a much different experience than he did more years ago than he cares to remember.

Possible slot revenue loss has city playing wait-and-see The mayor says the city will have to wait and see when it comes to a potential loss of slot revenues from the casino.

Andre Wareham said he tried to walk away from a physical altercation that ended in the death of Bill Atkins. Thursday afternoon the jury of a second-degree murder trial saw a video of a police interview with Wareham from Jan.

The Combined Forces Organized Crime Unit has arrested a pair of Thunder Bay residents in a search that netted police $32,000 worth of Oxycodone pills.

Motorists travelling down Golf Links Road may be in for some delays, as Thunder Bay Hydro crews are replacing poles along the route.

Since 1984, Avenue II was been assisting people with developmental disabilities gain employment and participate in the community.

City council wants answers on the proposed water rate in the wake of a 6.7 per cent increase. If the city’s proposed 2012 budget was approved right now, water would cost the average homeowner $214 a year before tap was even turned on.

Daniel Sakchekapo says Nishnawbe Aski Nation youth are losing their history. Sakchekapo spoke to a group of more than 20 Aboriginal youth at the annual Oshkaatisak Niigaan Oji gathering at the Nor’Wester Hotel on Wednesday.

Margaret Trudeau shares her story of living with bipolar disorder to let others know they are not alone.

Toronto city council hit the brakes on Mayor Rob Ford’s transit plans following a special council meeting Wednesday. Toronto’s city council passed a motion by TTC chair Karen Stintz that would keep light-rail lines above ground.