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Health Unit restrictions that forced the closure of the kitchen at Thunder Bay's Moose hall have now been lifted. The restrictions were announced last Wednesday after an outbreak of a food-borne illness that followed a weekend Christmas Party.

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Longtime Canadian Lakehead Exhibition board member Linda Gambee resigned as chair of the Christmas Cheer campaign after six years at the helm on Sept. 6. Gambee stepped down after she was ousted from the board Sept.

Three people died in two separate drowning incidents in one August weekend. The body of Kevin Spade,32, was recovered by OPP divers on Aug. 19 in Lake Superior after a cliff-diving adventure gone wrong two days earlier.

Thunder Bay Police investigated the city's second homicide of the year when Shannon Ashliegh Marie Hogan, 30, was killed following an incident in the Lake Street area July 16 in the early morning hours.

Plans to build a new fire hall in the city have hit a small glitch. The project on the corner of Frederica Street and Neebing Avenue will be delayed for three months due to weather issues.

Northwestern Ontario is temporarily without the services of an air ambulance helicopter. This follows a Sunday incident in Gillies Township, south of Kakabeka Falls, that saw the Ornge helicopter damaged while flying to assist a patient.

A local group that helps people learn how to become vocal advocates has turned out its latest crop of graduates. The New Directions Speakers School recently held its fifth graduation ceremony, with eight students finishing the program.

Gas leak - Parts of a north-side neighbourhood were evacuated after a backhoe struck a gas line. City workers were repairing parts of Red River Road near Rupert Street when the incident occurred. No one was injured.

Even though winter weather has been present for the past month, the season did not officially start until this weekend.