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Five things you need to know before heading to the polls on Monday: 1. When can I vote? Polls are open for 12 hours across the country, with times staggered slightly to accommodate the country's numerous time zones.

THUNDER BAY -- An early-morning fire has claimed a garage on Blanchard Street in the Grandview area. Thunder Bay Fire Rescue responded to the blaze just after 5:00 a.m. Monday.

THUNDER BAY -- An estimated 8,000 local feral cats live in this city, and a new pilot-project may give some of them a warmer place to stay this winter.

THUNDER BAY -- Paul Greenwood has been named Shuniah's new Chief Administrative Officer and deputy clerk. Greenwood has been serving as the rural community's interim CAO since January.

THUNDER BAY -- Despite outshooting Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres 36-33, the Lakehead Thunderwolves hockey team fell 6-1 to the Patriotes at Le Colisee in Trois Rivieres, Quebec on Saturday.

THUNDER BAY -- A world record Tai Chi demonstration was underway in China on Sunday morning when around 60 people took to the local harbour to express their solidarity.

THUNDER BAY -- A 30-year-old man was arrested early Sunday morning robbing the Mac's convenience store on Oliver Road. Just after 4:00 a.m, the male threatened a Mac's employee with a knife.

TORONTO - If you happened to buy your ticket for last night's Lotto 649 draw at an outlet in Mississauga, Ont., you should really check your numbers — you could be very wealthy.

THUNDER BAY -- At the eleventh hour of a marathon federal election campaign, Thunder Bay Liberals got their piece of Trudeaumania.

THUNDER BAY -- Only hours before Justin Trudeau landed in the city on Saturday, Thunder Bay-Rainy River NDP MP John Rafferty and Thunder Bay-Superior North NDP candidate Andrew Foulds approached the media to question the Liberal Party leader's in