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Thunder Bay Hydro will delay its time-of-use billing. Citing software issues, officials with the utility company confirmed on Tuesday that they would delay the transition to their new rates until October.

The newly constructed highway lanes near the Terry Fox Lookout are open to traffic. Five kilometres of new highway between Hodder Avenue and Highway 527 opened up this past weekend.

The area of land burned by forest fires in Northwest Ontario this year is nearly 30 times more than the area destroyed this time last year.

The OPP's Emergency Response Team was called into action this weekend to rescue an injured canoeist near Red Lake. A 51-year-old Florida man had been planning a 15-day canoe trip around Woodland Caribou Provincial Park.

The backcountry area of Pukaskwa National Park near Marathon has been closed to visitors. The closure comes following an incident last week in which a woman was injured in a bear attack.

In 1969, Robert Mills quit his job as a police officer after purchasing three carnival rides and cotton candy and popcorn machines for $1,800. “The wife, she cried all night long,” said the 81-year-old Manitoba native.

An EcoSuperior workshop is teaching local dog owners more about what to do with their dog’s business. Program coordinators estimate there are more than 15,000 dogs in the city.

Workers at Thunder Bay’s Bombardier plant could go on strike as early as Tuesday. The Canadian Auto Workers union is in intense negotiations with Bombardier. The union represents more than 700 local workers. A deadline has been set for 4 p.m.

Some much-needed rainfall has helped to reduce the number of new fires in Northwestern Ontario. There were eight new fires reported in the Northwest region on Sunday bringing the total number of active fires to 105.

If the Liberal and Conservative parties are concerned about members of Parliament with past separatist connections then they should look within their own caucus, says an area MP.