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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.

Michelle Pierce celebrated her one-year anniversary of being a cancer survivor by running at the annual Run for the Cure event. Doctors diagnosed Pierce with breast cancer last year in October.

A 60-year-old-woman has died following an early morning crash in the city’s south side. Thunder Bay Police Service officers say the woman and her husband were driving down Victoria Avenue Sunday around 6:30 a.m.

When Ezra Westerman saw the malnourished children in Africa suffering, she decided to do something about it. The seven-year-old Grade 2 student from Agnew H.

Installation of new sewer and watermain connections will close parts of Golf Links Road. Southbound traffic at Central Avenue and the northbound lane at the south arm of Ridgecrest Road will be closed from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.