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While the Minister of Natural Resources says the proposed Big Thunder Wind Park would threaten peregrine falcons, the head of Wind Concerns Ontario says it’s just election posturing. Minister Linda Jeffrey sent a letter to MPP Bill Mauro (Lib.

A fire proved costly for one southern Ontario man. Mathew Major, of Stoney Creek, will have to pay about $3,800 in fines after starting a fire that spread into the surrounding woods.

Firefighters successfully snuffed out an apartment fire on Simpson Street early Thursday morning. Thunder Bay Fire and Rescue crews were called to the scene at an apartment building at 236 Simpson Street just after midnight Thursday.

Elaine Kerr doesn’t want to be walking a picket line, less than a week before school is set to begin. But she feels she has no choice.

It’s only a matter of time before someone is killed on Dawson Road area residents and a city councillor say. The city is looking at ways to reduce transport traffic on the secondary highway after years of complaints from residents.

Police are investigating a head-on collision Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters and paramedics responded to reports of a crash on Government Road at Mapleward Road just after 4 p.m.

Thousands of students are getting ready to make the move from high school to University next week. And those students who will be attending Lakehead University can expect a lot of excitement when they take part in this year's Orientation.

The remaining three suspects in a Thunder Bay murder case appeared in court Wednesday. There were originally four young men arrested back in March following the death of 54-year-old Robert Topping, but one of the accused died earlier this month.

More than 8,000 support staff workers at Ontario's 24 community colleges could be walking the picket line by Thursday morning.

The Mayor of Atikokan says he's disappointed in the Minister responsible for Forestry. Mayor Dennis Brown is calling on Michael Gravelle to restore a wood allotment back to the Sapawe sawmill in order to help it find a buyer.