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Representatives of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation are speaking out against what they say are controversial commendations that were handed out to several OPP officers last week.

A Thunder Bay artist and sculptor faces sexual assault charges after an alleged incident involving a 23-year-old woman who was modeling for him. Luc Paul Despres, 46, is due to appear in court on July 19. He will face one count of sexual assault.

Housing starts in Thunder Bay are expected to rise 22 per cent this year despite a lower number of projected single-detached unit starts than 2010.

An Illinois man is dead following a fatal boating incident on Red Lake last week. Officials with the OPP say emergency personnel were called after the 58-year-old fell into the lake during a fishing expedition Wednesday, May 25 afternoon.

It appears eight Thunder Bay Police officers collected a hefty cheque following the G8 and G20 summits last June. According to documents acquired by CBC/Radio Canada, the eight officers averaged $6,611.20 apiece for eight days of work, or $826 a day.

Traffic is being affected on one of the main thoroughfares of the north downtown. Watermain work scheduled for Tuesday on Algoma Street and will be closed to all but local traffic between Cornwall and Bay Streets.

Police are looking for two teenager boys in connection to a break in at the Boys and Girls Club on Windsor Street. Thunder Bay Police Service officers say the break in happened on Saturday morning around 5 a.m.

Don Brownridge loves to fly kites. The 55-year-old from Toronto visited Thunder Bay for the 30th annual Kite Festival at Chippewa Park on Sunday. He’s flown kites for 25 years, ever since he was a child.

Doctors diagnosed Judy Hole with Multiple sclerosis five years ago and she says the one of the biggest changes to her life was asking for help.

More than 7,600 items of garbage were found along the city’s waterways Friday.