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The Lakehead Psychiatric Hospital should have its 26 transitional care beds ready for patients by the first week of June.

Access to publicly funded physiotherapy is being improved in the city. The province has given Thunder Bay funding to support two new clinics.

Northern leaders are looking at the new minister of municipal affairs and housing as another ally in the region's corner.

The table is now set for Ring of Fire negotiations to begin between Matawa and the province.

A city police officer involved in a crash with a cruiser has been charged for running a red light. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service confirmed Wednesday that an investigation into the crash had wrapped up.

Bearskin Airlines is terminating a number of flights from its schedule, mainly in Southern Ontario. Starting next week, Bearskin will no longer be offering service to Ottawa or the Waterloo region.

The city spent more than $1.6 million on remuneration and expenses for councillors and board appointees last year. More than $1 million of that went to 62 city appointees for various boards.

The public nurses have reached a tentative agreement with the district’s health unit.

Expect snow. That’s the gist of a special weather statement - upgraded recently to a snowfall warning - issued by Environment Canada for the Thunder Bay area Wednesday morning.

Dozens of city residents are still without water due to frozen pipes, and the wait list to get fixed up remains at about two weeks.