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THUNDER BAY -- While a vast majority of calls paramedics respond to aren't time-sensitive, the ones that are can mean a big difference for patient recovery.

THUNDER BAY -- A proposed subdivision was deemed premature by city administration and council unanimously agreed. Ian Bodnar owns 27 hectares of land between Paquette Road all the way to Scarlet Avenue.

THUNDER BAY -- Employees at a local call centre have confirmed its closing. Teleperformance has been in the old Eaton's building on Court Street for more than a decade.

THUNDER BAY -- Bitterly cold temperatures caused problems for emergency vehicles responding to a crash on the Thunder Bay Expressway.

THUNDER BAY -- The director of education for the city’s Catholic school board anticipates concern from parents over the new provincial sexual education curriculum.

THUNDER BAY – Despite circulating rumours the federal government has nixed support for a new event centre, city officials say the process to find support from senior levels of government remains ongoing.

THUNDER BAY -- Police have identified the two people killed in a Friday night crash on Oliver Road.

THUNDER BAY -- A 45-year-old Pontiac GTO Ram Air III that drew interest from as far away as Kuwait helped raise $57,000 for Camp Quality Northwestern Ontario.

THUNDER BAY -- City police responded to more than 116 incidents during the week of Monday, Feb. 16 to Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015. Thunder Bay Police Service statistics are made available through crimereports.

THUNDER BAY -- Environment Canada has renewed its extreme cold weather warning for this city. The newest alert was issued by the government weather agency just before 5:30 a.m. as temperatures dipped to -30C without a windchill factor.