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Only one driver was charged with impaired driving during the New Year’s RIDE program in this city.

With frigid temperatures blanketing the region the Thunder Bay District Health Unit is renewing its frostbite and hypothermia warnings. Public Health Nurse Judi Martin says a scarf and mitts should be worn at all times.

The recent cold snap continues to make and break weather records in the region. Officials with Environment Canada confirmed that Thursday morning’s low of -38.6C set a new temperature record for the city. The previous coldest Jan.

The annual New Year’s Day levee has become a military tradition in Thunder Bay.

Here is our final list of the top stories of 2013. Unlike the lists we’ve published before, this one had nothing to do with the editorial staff of tbnewswatch.com.

Thursday will mark opening day for candidates to file nominations for the 2014 municipal election. Nominations for all seven wards, the five at-large positions, mayor and the school boards will open at 8:30 a.m.

Thunder Bay Police say it was business as usual on New Year’s Eve. In a release issued early Wednesday morning, police say they were kept busy with the typical type of calls as revelers ushered out the old year and welcomed 2014.

Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a sudden death in Atikokan. Members of the Rainy River District Crime Unit, a scenes of crime officer from Atikokan and the Thunder Bay forensic unit were brought in to help with the investigation.

Tuesday morning’s windchill was the coldest ever recorded in the city for the month of December.

Despite the cold temperatures police will be turning the heat up on suspected drunk drivers. Thunder Bay Police Service traffic Sgt. Glen Porter said New Year's Eve is a busy time for police.