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THUNDER BAY -- View the slideshow below to see how Monday night’s council meeting unfolded via Twitter.

THUNDER BAY -- A six-year-old boy who fell from a ski hill’s chairlift did not sustain any serious injuries. The young boy fell about 20 feet from a Loch Lomond chairlift Saturday, leading to some facial injuries.

KENORA, Ont. -- Three teenaged convicts in Kenora are back in custody after escaping a youth correctional facility for about four hours Sunday night.

THUNDER BAY -- Thunder Bay Hydro will have to wait before it cuts down trees on Broadway Avenue. Property owners in the area were told that trees in their front yards would have to be removed.

THUNDER BAY -- Mayor Keith Hobbs thinks the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation's board should resign.

THUNDER BAY -- Council will have options when a report comes back on how it should deal with vacancies. Coun. Iain Angus said the city needs to have a policy in place should a councillor have to vacate his or her place.

THUNDER BAY -- While most on city council support the idea of electronic voting in the next election, they want administration to do its homework before making a decision.

THUNDER BAY -- Before a few weeks ago Lauren Barch didn’t know that new socks and underwear are luxuries that many children in the city don’t enjoy.

THUNDER BAY -- When Amy Stewart and Kayla Stein sit down to Christmas dinner this year, they’re going to have a brand new appreciation for their meal.

Seven-year-old Charlotte Ailey wants every child to have a present this Christmas. “Kids in our country and all over the world don’t have toys and we do and it’s not fair if we have toys and they don’t,” she said.