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THUNDER BAY -- Users fees in 20 city departments will see an increase this year if city council ratifies its budget next month.

THUNDER BAY -- A preliminary inquiry for at least five of the Intercity Six is expected to take place in August.

THUNDER BAY -- Mayor Keith Hobbs joined striking Community Care Access Centre workers Friday morning on the picket line, saying two years without a raise is long enough. “You paid the price and now it’s time to get a settlement.

THUNDER BAY -- Mayor Keith Hobbs says enough is enough. Tired of constant online attacks against himself and his wife, Marissa, Hobbs says he’s angling to take an unidentified individual to court to face libel and slander charges.

Here are the stories that received the most attention in Week six of 2015.

THUNDER BAY -- A home on the outskirts of Thunder Bay has been destroyed by fire. The blaze broke out at around 10 a.m. on Wamsley Road in Pearson Township. Residents in the area say they were shocked to see clouds of smoke rising in the distance.

THUNDER BAY -- A campaign to get Lakehead University to divest from fossil fuels continues to grow the student union says.

THUNDER BAY -- The Assembly of First Nations national chief wants to see the fiscal imbalance between on-reserve and off-reserve student funding addressed.

THUNDER BAY -- The suspects charged in connection with a Secord Street homicide case will seek to be released on bail later this month.

THUNDER BAY -- Property taxes in the city are not going up four per cent. Despite some reports that use the terms tax levy and property tax interchangeably, city manager Tim Commisso explains how the terms have completely different meanings.