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It wouldn’t be a winter storm without event cancellations.

The city celebrated its annual Arts and Heritage Awards Thursday night, handing out achievement awards to more than 11 local artists, cultural organizations and businesses.

City crews continue to dig Thunder Bay out from Friday morning’s winter storm. Snow removal crews began clearing arterial roads at 2 a.m. and then had to give them a second pass around 8 a.m. as snow continued to fall.

The Ring of Fire could contribute $9.4 billion to the GDP over its first decade, concludes a new report.

The city’s police force has decided to celebrate Canada’s double gold Thursday. The Thunder Bay Police Service issued a media release shortly after Canada’s women’s hockey team came from a 2-0 deficit to beat their U.S.

The provincial and federal governments have chipped in to finish the final phase of a proposed events centre, but it's too early to say what that might mean when the city comes asking for big money to get it built.

There was not a lot of interest on the open market for an old theatre in the downtown north core. The city put the Lyceum Theatre up for sale in a tax sale, but didn't receive a single bid.

Although she couldn't speak to the details, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre president and CEO Andree Robichaud said a plan has been submitted to relieve overcapacity pressures on the hospital.

Benny Birch is calling it a career. The beloved community mascot, whose helped raise more than $1 million to support St. Joseph’s Care Group over the past three decades, will celebrate his final birthday party June 7 and 8 at Chippewa Park. St.

Spray-painting vandals have struck more parked vehicles in Thunder Bay’s intercity area. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service report that two more vehicles were spray painted in the parking lot of Silver City between 7 and 9:30 p.m.