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For nearly four decades the women behind the Ontario Native Women’s Association weren’t sure they’d ever find a permanent home.

Police are dealing with what is believed to be a grenade in someone's backyard. The homeowner on Victor Street, off of Broadway Avenue, called in city police late Friday morning.

The man who allegedly stole a plane from Confederation College in April 2009 will have to wait until September to face the charges against him. The case against 33-year-old Adam Dylan Leon, charged with theft over $5,000, was adjourned to Sept.

Two people were arrested following a drug bust that led to the seizure of cocaine, cash and other drugs Thursday. Officers from the combined forces organized crime unit searched a Beckwick Drive home on Thursday.

A Thunder Bay teen has been identified as one of the victims in the two early morning motor vehicle fatalities near Kenora. At 6:30 a.m. Thursday morning on Highway 71, near Fickas Road, OPP found a car in the ditch.

A missing Thunder Bay man and his dog have been found dead in Illinois. Ed Spakowski, 69, was a driver with a local RV company, charged with picking RVs up in Elkhart, Ind. and bringing them back to Thunder Bay.

A wind farm near Dorion passed a milestone this week as its first turbine was installed. The Greenwich wind energy project will eventually have 43 turbines on site by October.

A provincial initiative hopes to make it easier for consumers here to identify made-in-Ontario wood products. A new Ontario wood logo was unveiled in Thunder Bay on Thursday afternoon.

Another area community is facing an evacuation order because of nearby forest fires.

There were few complaints from residents of a local retirement home about the building becoming smoke-free July 1. Suomi Koti of Thunder Bay Inc. is now a non-smoking residence.