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A young child or baby wearing next to nothing is not an option for volunteers at a non-profit children’s assistance program. Precious Bundles Children’s Assistance Program held its second annual Fill-a-Ford event to help clothe needy children.

Police charged a 27-year-old Mississauga man with possession and trafficking marijuana. Thunder Bay Police Service K-9 unit assisted in an investigation at the Greyhound bus terminal on Fort William Road on Friday around 8 p.m.

The City of Thunder Bay Solid Waste and Recycling Facility will be closed for Good Friday. The facility plans to close on Friday, April 2 for the holiday. Garbage collection, normally picked up on Tuesday, changed to Monday for that week.

A local MPP is excited about the provincial budget but an opposition leader calls it a cynical slap in the face for Northern Ontario.

Southbound traffic was blocked on Edward Street just north of Northwood Plaza after fire crews responded to a house fire on the corner of Ironwood Avenue and Edward Street Friday afternoon.

Southbound traffic was blocked on Edward Street just north of Northwood Plaza after fire crews responded to a house fire on the corner of Ironwood Avenue and Edward Street Friday afternoon.

For the past five years, the City of Thunder Bay has helped to reduce energy consumption by simply turning off its lights. The International annual Earth Hour event aimed at bringing awareness to Climate Change is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Although the details of the industrial hydro rate program announced in yesterday’s provincial budget are yet to be revealed, AbitibiBowater general manager Doug Murray said it’s good news for Thunder Bay’s only remaining pulp and paper mill.

For years organizers at Dilico Children’s Services held bake sales to help cover the costs of putting the Anishinabek children under their care into hockey and soccer and to reward them for staying in school.

In the wake of recent nuclear reactor shutdowns in other parts of the world, the Regional Cancer Care Centre is re-evaluating and prioritizing its patient needs regarding nuclear medicine.