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Mayor Keith Hobbs is turning down a challenge from his Toronto mayoral counterpart to trim the fat over the next six months. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford weighed in at 330 pounds on Monday and has announced he hopes to lose 50 pounds between now and July.

The Thunder Bay Police Services Board passed a resolution Tuesday to include a slight increase in the police force’s operating budget for 2012. City Police chief J.P.

City police have a storage facility full of evidence for court cases. So the Thunder Bay Police Service has adopted a new barcode system for better tracking.

Thunder Bay's tourism officials are reaching out to what they call a promising demographic. Tourism Manager Paul Pepe says Ride Lake Superior continues to gain ground, attracting motorcycle enthusiasts to our region.

City council spent no time in public approving three new positions for its fire department.

City officials say a $7 million plan to have emergency services share some facilities is about saving lives rather than money.

Brenda Veneruzzo says she was devastated to see a memorial to her daughter Jasmine along the Twin City Crossroad has been torn apart. And it now appears the Ministry of Transportation is responsible.

Lakehead University students now have more centralized access to student services on the Thunder Bay campus.

Everybody poops, but most people flush it away without a thought. But for a small segment of the population, known as hoarders, even something as disgustingly filthy as feces could have value at some point down the road.

Grief counselors and teachers were working with Dryden High School students and their families Monday following the death of a Grade 9 student over the weekend.