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City council will hear a proposal from the transit union Tuesday afternoon which a city official hopes will avoid a strike.

Without the contributions of events like the Empty Bowls Caring Hearts dinner, Shelter House Thunder Bay wouldn’t be able to provide the services they do, said executive director Cal Rankin.

Police have a 16-year-old boy in custody after a rash of vehicle break-ins early Thanksgiving morning.

Dr. Adam Cornwell is an optimist. The assistant geography professor at Lakehead University said he has to think positive when working as a climatologist.

Police charged a 21-year-old-man with breaking into a White Park Drive residence on Saturday. Thunder Bay Police Service officers say the man broke into the residence around 11 a.m. while a resident was still inside.

Stephen Cameron has fulfilled his lifelong dream of becoming a firefighter. The 38-year-old father of two said he had wanted to fight fires since he was five.

The curtain that rises next week in celebration of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orcestra’s golden anniversary is in a word exceptional.

An injured back prevented Larry Perrier from working but he says he found a sense of accomplishment while volunteering at the Dew Drop Inn. The 46-year-old landscaper has volunteered with the Dew Drop Inn for more than 15 years.

Reaching a decade is in anyone’s calendar a milestone. And especially so if it happens to be the very first milestone and everything is moving forward with curiosity, lightness and speed.

A direct flight from Thunder Bay to Minneapolis likely won’t be in place until the New Year, says the executive vice-president of Bearskin Airlines.