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Pilot makes emergency stop on road near Vermilion Bay The pilot of a small plane was forced to make an emergency landing on a remote road in the Vermilion Bay area Sunday.

AbitibiBowater will be performing maintenance on its main outfall pipe in the Kamistiquia River over the next week. Part of the work includes the installation of a floating boom on the north side of the river.

The head of a provincial anti-wind lobby group is asking voters to carefully consider their choice on Election Day.

Police are still looking for the driver of an allegedly stolen vehicle that collided with a car early Sunday morning, killing a 60-year-old woman.

A Thunder Bay man charged in a murder case dating back more than a decade ago was in court Monday as lawyers prepare for the start of his trial.

The construction on the Thunder Bay Expressway, originally scheduled to end last fall, could continue next spring, a Ministry of Transportation official confirmed Monday.

Increases in grain volumes continue to fuel an improved shipping picture for the port of Thunder Bay. Totals for September released on Monday by the port authority show that more than 720,000 tonnes of cargo moved through the port last month.

Thunder Bay city council is set to receive another update Monday night on the transit master plan study.

David Peterson wanted solutions from the North. The then Liberal premier held a conference in Thunder Bay during the mid-‘80s, looking for Northern voices for Northern problems.

Getting children interested in the environment at an early age will help to ensure they grow up knowing it’s good to be green, says a volunteer at the Go Green Expo.