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Easter weekend or not, voters in Thunder Bay are taking advantage of the federal election advance polls. “The turnout has been fairly steady,” said Elections Canada returning officer Bill Everitt on Friday. “They all basically opened on time.

Candy and camaraderie were the words of the day on Good Friday at Frank Charry Park, as kids of all ages stormed the field and got a head start on Easter celebrations.

Scot Kyle doesn’t see a problem with a coalition government in Ottawa.

Local community support workers walked around the block Thursday to pressure the province into putting more money into developmental services.

Through a new protocol, first-time youth offenders in the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation will be given a second chance and learn to take responsibility for their actions.

The former leader of the Ontario NDP says his party will make Northern consultation an election issue after a motion was defeated at Queen’s Park Wednesday.

Police charged three students following a drug enforcement blitz that targeted six Thunder Bay high schools this week.

A lengthy Ministry of Natural Resources investigation has resulted in a heavy fine for seven southern Ontario hunters. The six men and one woman were charged back in October of 2008 by MNR conservation officers.

The Dew Drop Inn is getting set to serve its annual Easter dinner needy area residents. Thawing turkeys and peeling vegetables has already begun for Sunday's feast.

Cold weather shouldn’t put active living on ice. That’s a message 8-80 Cities executive director Gil Penalosa brought to a crowd that packed a conference room at the Prince Arthur Hotel for an early breakfast Thursday.