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Police are looking for a suspected home intruder who spooked a north-side resident Wednesday morning. Police say the resident, who lives in the 200 block of Maple Avenue, was startled by the intruder around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.

A disabled transit user said she doesn’t like the temporary city hall bus terminal and she isn’t happy the city may extend its life span for up to three years.

Environment Canada has updated a weather warning for the Atikokan area Wednesday. Weather forecasts show a significant rainfall for that area, amounting to an estimated 40-to-60 millimetres of precipitation.

Several city councillors say they're facing taxpayer pressure to lower the city's property taxes next year now that a $25 million contribution to the new hospital has been fully paid off.

Tuesday marked Day 4 of the Thunder Bay Salmon Fishing Derby and so far local anglers are reporting a noticeable increase in salmon activity in Lake Superior.

Allan Mol says he doesn’t know if he’s ever seen a farming season as perfect as this year. With the right mix of sun, heat and rain, the co-owner of Valley Centre Farms said everything has been growing just the way it should this summer.

Officials with Terrace Bay Pulp say the company is ready to start recalling laid off workers by the end of this month.

The AbitibiBowater mill in Fort Frances has been fined for a workplace accident. The company pleaded guilty last week to a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act following injuries to three people in 2008.

Nathaniel Wiebe has been mowing his parent’s lawn all summer so that he could afford to skateboard.

One man is dead, another is injured and a third man faces charges following an incident in the remote, fly-in community of Deer Lake First Nations.