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The head of a proposed iron ore mine wants the province to become a leader in his industry.

The Thunder Bay Agricultural Research Station wouldn’t be able to survive without provincial funding, says the station’s direction of research and business.

The province’s lengthy approval process forced Lake Superior Centre for ReGenerative Medicine to get financial help from the city, says the company’s CEO.

The time has come for the city to do something about its deer population, says a city councillor. Coun.

The city learned about a few added costs it may have to deal with in a report Monday. The transportation and works department is projecting an $868,000 unfavourable variance to the city’s $200,992,300 budget for winter control.

The city is saving a local medical start-up from bankruptcy the mayor says. City council agreed to a $500,000 emergency grant for Lake Superior Centre for Regenerative Medicine to help the not-for-profit company continue its business plan.

The beacons were back at council Monday night as the city ratified its decision to go ahead with the controversial waterfront art project. Council approved the $904,000 installation in an 8-4 decision. Coun.

Plans for a proposed housing development were put on hold by city council Monday night. The plan would see the third stage of the Dawson Heights Community plan completed, which would include 42 new houses west of Tuscany Drive.

Joline Beauregard says her 10 years at Camp Quality Northwestern Ontario changed her life. The 17-year-old from Sault Ste. Marie has battled cancer for nearly her lifetime; Doctors diagnosed her when she was two years old.

A week after forest fires forced them from their community, many evacuees from Sandy Lake First Nation say they just want to go back home. Forest fires in the region forced thousands of people from First Nation communities from their homes.