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Thunder Bay’s city council approved the 2023 city budget Monday, while putting its stamp on the police services board with a new citizen appointee.

A Thunder Bay Public Library review will consider possibilities including building new branches and cutting existing ones, as some city councillors suggest closing downtown locations.

Barry Streib and Tracie Smith have been tapped as co-chairs of Thunder Bay's 30-member organizing committee for the 2024 Ontario Winter Games.

Thunder Bay’s city council has approved a 2023 budget that balances millions in new police spending with cuts to other city services.

Denise Baxter, the vice-provost of Indigenous initiatives at Lakehead University, has been appointed to one of five seats on the Thunder Bay Police Services Board.

Thunder Bay’s botanical conservatory will reopen to the public, with city staff saying supply chain challenges will delay a major revamp until next year.

Thunder Bay's city council was asked to reduce a proposed tax hike, reject a $4 million increase for police, backtrack on planned service cuts, and more as it heard feedback on the 2023 budget.

Thunder Bay's city council brought the 2023 tax levy hike down to around 4.5% on Tuesday after approving staffing and service cuts, but it remains uncertain where those will fall.

City administration’s roadmap to lower the tax levy hike to 4% doesn’t actually identify where most cuts would fall.

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