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Police are looking for three teenage boys in connection to an armed robbery that happened behind a high school. Thunder Bay Police Service officers say the incident happened behind Sir Winston Churchill High School around 2 p.m. on Thursday.

Like many Northern Ontario ridings, Thunder Bay – Superior North has a very defining quality – in terms of landmass, it’s huge.

It was an emotional moment for Shirley Boneca when she saw her son’s face amongst the 157 fallen soldiers painted on the Portraits of Honour mural.

The traffic tie-ups continue in the Intercity area, as CN Rail and the city work to upgrade a pair of railway crossings. The work crews at the crossing on Fort William Road were supposed to be complete by Friday morning.

The Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute’s star continues to rise. On Friday TBRRI officials introduced Boston’s Mitch Albert, a former member of the Harvard Medical School faculty, as its latest research chair.

Child welfare agencies can only step in and help children after they’ve received reports from the community, said Susan Verrill.

The city now has a third off-leash dog park. An acre of land on the Westfort play field has been fenced off for south side dogs to play, and that park had its grand opening Friday morning.

The Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation has taken its latest mining dispute into its own hands.

The picket lines are down at the Northern Lights Credit Union after a tentative deal was reached Thursday.

Northern Sawmills' two-day auction that began Thursday will bring closure to those still clinging to hope the Thunder Bay mill would restart operations one day, said a union official.