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The new consolidated courthouse should begin to resemble the final product in the coming months. The foundation is finished and work is almost complete on the courthouse’s 12 elevator shafts, two of which are for stairs.

Two people are facing charges following a drug bust in Atikokan. Police say they conducted a raid on a home in the community, which turned up about $20,000 worth of Marijuana and $4,000 worth of oxycodone pills.

A teenage cyclist celebrating his birthday was sent to hospital with minor injuries Thursday after being struck by a minivan.

The chief of a First Nation not recognized by the federal government says her community has been left on its own to deal with the threat of forest fires.

Bruce Fitzpatrick was sworn in as Thunder Bay’s newest judge just five days shy of his 50th birthday.

The Regional Food Distribution Association will have a new roof soon. The RFDA is set to receive $150,000 from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to replace the existing roof on their Syndicate Avenue headquarters.

A swimming advisory has been reissued for a popular beach at Boulevard Lake. Signs have been posted at Sunnyside Beach, warning swimmers about higher than acceptable E-coli levels. The main beach at Chippewa Park also remains closed to swimmers.

With construction underway on the cloverleaf at the intersection of Hodder Avenue and Highway 11-17, a group of archeologists are uncovering 9,000-year-old artifacts on land slated to be cleared for the highway project.

The Thunder Bay and District Health Unit says recent cases of mumps and measles should serve as reminders for everyone to get their vaccine shots. In Quebec, about 650 people have contracted the measles since January.

While there have been ticks with Lyme disease found in this district, the area’s health unit says they are not a serious threat.