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The most famous beards in music are a little greyer than their 1980s heyday, but ZZ Top proved on Wednesday night they can still rock with the best of them.

A last minute deal may have been reached between First Nation leaders and the federal and provincial governments on HST.

An area mayor escaped serious injury in a single vehicle collision Tuesday. Greenstone Mayor Michael Power and his wife, Marilyn, were reportedly travelling to Toronto when their vehicle rolled into a ditch in Stoddard Township, near Hearst.

A driver did everything he was supposed to do and will likely not be charged after hitting a pedestrian early Wednesday morning police say.

Holding the last of their open houses Tuesday, the Norwester Mountain Escarpment Protection Committee says they want to convince city council to engage the public in a discussion about the proposed Big Thunder Wind Park.

Students in two more local schools will have longer days after the province announced Tuesday that Ogden Community Public School and St. Elizabeth School will have full-time kindergarten in 2011.

Other cities try, but Thunder Bay is one of the few that gets it, says musician Mark Potvin.

Canada Day in Thunder Bay will be minus one of its premier events this year. On Tuesday city officials confirmed the popular Water Street parade has been cancelled for this year while construction consumes Marina Park.

Despite a more than half-a-million dollar loan unresolved and additional phases to be complete, the regional emergency services training centre is still on the right track, says its new president.

One of the world’s most famous tall ships is expected arrive at Marina Park for a two-day visit starting Aug. 4. HMS Bounty was built in 1960 for MGM’s Mutiny on the Bounty , which starred Marlon Brando.