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Recent spring-like weather has forced road repair crews onto the street to fill in potholes earlier than expected, said the city’s acting manager of roads. Brian Kral said city road maintenance is put on hold during the winter months.

The City of Thunder Bay is being forced to pay up if it wants to continue using the Earthwise name for its environmental program. A trademark infringement claim was recently issued by lawyers for Cambridge and North Dumfries Energy Solutions.

Friends and neighbours of an O'Connor township property owner are refuting allegations that animals on the property are being neglected.

For years Brent Hawley was the guy at the bar, a drink in one hand, a cigarette in the other. Those days are long gone.

A local organization working to remove barriers for disabled people is encouraging the public to comment on the province’s new disability act.

If the fight over who is responsible for providing the courts with a jury roll for First Nations people isn’t resolved, more trials in Thunder Bay could face delays.

While his 53-day trip rowing across the Atlantic Ocean was life-changing, Charles Wilkins says he’ll never do it again. "I don’t have to do it again. I did it once," the 61-year-old local author said before laughing.

With a death toll that some speculate could reach 10,000, Art Stephenson says he had to do something to help the relief effort s in Japan.

Looking for any competitive advantage to survive, Thunder Bay’s AbitibiBowater’s paper plant has gotten the go-ahead – and $9.6 million – from the province to generate an additional 40 megawatts of power each year.

Simply putting in place a procurement policy that calls on the city, where possible, to use locally produced food at its functions could help strengthen a student group’s desire to see a sustainable food system thrive in Thunder Bay.