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Habitat for Humanity’s Family Fun Day is on a new day and at a new location this year. The past two years, the local chapter of the organization has hosted their event on Family Day at the Sports Dome.

The Boy From Outside the Box is a song about a young boy who is new to Thunder Bay and lonely at his new school. “He soon makes a friend that cheers him up,” said Hana Whalen, a Grade 4 student at St. Bernard School.

Premier Dalton McGuinty promised to work with Cliffs Natural Resources to discuss, among other things, Ontario’s industrial energy policy. But the Liberal leader said he plans to hold those discussions behind closed doors.

A domestic argument in Pikangikum, which led to at least one shot being fired, has ended peacefully. Police officers in the northern community of Pikangikum were alerted to the situation around 1 a.m. Thursday.

Two Thunder Bay men face a number of drug-related charges following a north-side police raid.

The provincial NDP now has multiple candidates in Thunder Bay-Superior North.

The mayor’s plan for a zero per cent budget was voted down during a budget meeting Wednesday. Keith Hobbs called for an amendment that would have seen $1.

The final person accused in a major welfare fraud scheme on the Fort William First Nation learned her fate Wednesday at the Superior Court of Justice in Thunder Bay.

The Thunder Bay and District Humane Society is looking to perfect the way cats and cat-lovers are brought together. Meet Your Match is a personality test taken by both felines and those looking to adopt a cat.

At least one area municipality is feeling the pinch, in the wake of the recently announced five per cent wage increase for OPP officers.