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THUNDER BAY – A provincial police sergeant charged with accessing child pornography appeared in court on Friday morning. Mark Anthony Maltais was represented by defence lawyer Gil Labine at the Thunder Bay Courthouse.

March 4, 2016 – The former Dawson Court and Grandview Lodge Homes for the Aged will be marketed for sale through a Request for Proposal process.

Thunder Bay’s Paige Distranski became the first evicted houseguest of Big Brother Canada’s fourth season. Distranski found herself facing eviction early in the first episode, going on the block against Calgary’s Kelsey Faith.

Three Sioux Lookout area men have been fined a total of $7,500 for illegal moose hunting. Scot and Kirk Ewaniuk pleaded guilty and were fined $3,000 each for the unlawful harvest of a cow moose without a licence.

THUNDER BAY -- In case you missed it, CKPR radio listener Maria Banita sent this video of a family of Lynx casually walking down a road in Thunder Bay.

(FORT FRANCES, ON) – Officers of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged an adult male driver with Failing to Provide Breath Sample on March 4, 2016 at 1:37 am.

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THUNDER BAY -- The city needs the province to come through if its budget cuts are going to pay off. City council unanimously approved its budget Thursday night, with a 3.52 per cent tax levy increase, 1.58 per cent for existing tax payers.

THUNDER BAY – Construction of the new waterfront hotel is on track to be completed as scheduled, city officials believe.

City police were dispatched to the vicinity of Water St and Cumberland St. just before 8 p.m. last night on information being provided by an off duty OPP police officer about an obviously impaired driver.