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Two firefighters barely escaped with their lives on Sunday night, when a fire ripped through a Brock Street home and caught the pair in its midst.

The Thunder Bay Founders' Museum and Pioneer Village held its first Christmas brunch on Sunday. Families stopped by at the historical village along Highway 61 to visit Santa Claus and enjoy a late breakfast.

Christmas cheer filled the hallways of the Cumberland Salvation Army. Hundreds packed into the dinner room for a turkey dinner with all the trimmings on Sunday.

The theft from a Salvation Army kettle has brought out Thunder Bay’s generosity. That’s what Maj.

Police charged a 48-year-old-woman with assault with a weapon in connection to a stabbing on Saturday. Thunder Bay Police Service officers were called to the 100 block of South May Street around 4:46 p.m.

A 53-year-old-man is in critical condition following an assault at a south side hotel. Hotel staff called police just after 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Thunder Bay Police Service Officers say the staff reported a man was injured in one of the rooms.

Thunder Bay Transit’s Santa bus has come to its final stop for the holiday season. The 17th annual holiday fundraiser in support of the Thunder Bay Food Bank raised more than 2,200 pounds of food.

Police charged the same Thunder Bay man with two driving offences within 15 minutes of each other. The Thunder Bay Police Service RIDE program wrapped up Saturday morning.

How many times have you told an out-of-town friend they have to eat at the Hoito Restaurant? The Bay Street restaurant is a hotspot in Thunder Bay, particularly for their Finnish pancakes.

The cold didn’t keep people from celebrating the opening of Prince Arthur’s Landing.