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Thunder Bay property taxpayers can start celebrating the end of a major tax on the city as a $25 million contribution to the new Regional Hospital will be completely paid off, as of Saturday.

The federal government is spending $5.5 million to help three Ontario companies deliver broadband Internet access to more than 4,000 homes in the northern part of the province.

The typically frigid Lake Superior has warmed up faster than usual this summer. Researchers at the University of Minnesota Duluth say that's due to a winter with little ice and a record-warm spring.

An investigation is underway following a single-vehicle crash Friday morning involving an OPP cruiser near Schreiber According to police, the cruiser was travelling eastbound on Highway 17 when it left the roadway.

Twenty years ago Sky Hedrick was awash in a sea of drug and alcohol abuse, the remnants of the broken home he was raised in the first few years of his life. A decade or so ago, Hedrick had an epiphany.

According to numbers released by Statistics Canada, Thunder Bay has the second lowest unemployment rate in the country. Stats Can numbers show that the city’s jobless rate in June was down to about 5.2 per cent, down slightly compared to May’s 5.

Some of the country's biggest names in blues and rock will begin taking the stage at Marina Park for the ninth annual Thunder Bay Blues Fest this weekend.

With Thunder Bay being a grain port, the local port authority is growing concerned with the fact that grain cargo is already down 20 per cent this season.

Quality Market is leaving its County Fair Mall location, officials with the local grocery store confirmed Thursday.

VANCOUVER - A study by Vancouver researchers suggests increasing drug treatment for people infected with HIV will prevent new cases and could save almost $1 billion over 30 years. The B.C.