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A man guilty of sending a series of threatening letters had his sentencing delayed after the court ordered furthered risk assessment. Eric Wirkkala, 46, pleaded guilty Nov.

Provincial police are not expected to lay charges in connection with a collision on Highway 61 Thursday.

The city is looking globally for answers to the region's recruitment and retention of health professionals.

The city has received four bids to buy the now-closed Municipal Golf Course. City council voted to shutter the course last year. The deadline for interested parties to submit bids for the Oliver-Paipoonge property was Wednesday.

The Thunder Bay International Airport had had another record-breaking year for passenger traffic. The number of airport users increased by 2.4 per cent last year, which is nearly 780,000 people.

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit has confirmed another person has died an influenza-related death, raising the total number of deaths to six. All told 93 people have been diagnosed with lab-confirmed cases of the deadly disease.

A local agricultural research station is looking for a way to grow its cash flow. The Thunder Bay Agricultural Research Association has been conducting research on Little Norway Road for a decade.

One person was sent to the hospital following a crash between an SUV and school bus Thursday morning. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say officers responded to reports of a crash at 8:45 a.m. at Golf Links Road and Oliver Road.

A man was sent to the hospital Thursday with serious injuries after he was struck by a vehicle while snow blowing his driveway on Hwy 61. Around 11:45 a.m., OPP responded to the collision near Riverdale Road.

The next 48 hours could determine whether city buses will run Monday morning.