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Recommendations in the Drummond report probably aren’t a surprise to those working in health care, a local hospital official says. The report suggests getting patients away from costly hospital visits and stays.

While there are some concerns, the city says it is already following many of the recommendations made in the Drummond Report.

The United Way of Thunder Bay set a lofty $2.525-million fundraising goal in 2011. When all the pennies were counted they surpassed it, if only barely, cracking their target by a mere $226.

Students in Grades 4 to 6 across the city had a chance to show off their creative side Thursday at the ninth annual Arts Fiesta. This year's theme, Catch a Dream, brought hundreds of students together to showcase artwork in several areas.

Mayor Keith Hobbs says he would describe the charges of misconduct against a Thunder Bay police sergeant as a witch hunt.

Worldwide, mining exploration is worth $17 billion to the global economy. Twenty per cent of that money is being invested in Canada.

Police are investigating a south-side stabbing that took place Wednesday evening. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say a 24-year-old man was walking in a laneway off of May Street, near Bethune and Cumming Streets, at about 9:30 p.m.

A man attempted to strangle a taxi driver after the driver tried to stop his customers from fleeing without paying.

City police had to use a Taser to arrest a man who twice tried to attack officers with a weapon. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say officers responded to an unknown problem shortly after 12:39 a.m. Thursday in the Balsam Street area.

Through the second round of budget talks, the city’s proposed 2.67 per cent tax increase has stayed the same.