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The suspect in Thunder Bay's first homicide of the year was back in court Wednesday, following her arrest last month on a charge of second-degree murder.

Two-thirds of residents support a proposed wind farm in the city with only residents in the Neebing Ward showing significant opposition, says the senior researcher consultant of a public opinion polling agency.

A local citizens group is asking people where they think the city will be in 2030. The Citizens Coalition of Thunder Bay was formed in February when a group of people were sitting around a coffee shop discussing city issues.

The struggle to re-open the Terrace Bay Pulp Mill is facing another obstacle. The company has lost its major lender and the expected $40 million in outside investment.

A man being held in connection with an unsuccessful bank robbery attempt had a brief court appearance Tuesday. The incident happened Monday afternoon at the County Fair Plaza branch of TD Canada Trust.

Horizon Wind on Wednesday is expected to release a survey showing the majority of Thunder Bay residents support the Toronto-based companies plan to build an 18-turbine wind farm on the Nor’Wester Mountain Range.

Five years ago Community Living Thunder Bay and the City of Thunder Bay formed a partnership to integrate people with disabilities into mainstream cultural and recreational activities; today the program serves more than 75 people each week.

A St. Ignatius graduate learned a few Russian phrases before departing a life-changing youth conference that will mirror the G8/G20 summits.

The first five years of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine were about establishing the school and getting it up and running.

Everyone has a bias but police officers are expected to focus on behavioural issues and not ethnicity, says the city’s chief of police.