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Area motorists will have to deal with another road closure. A section of Junot Avenue will be closed for the next two weeks for infrastructure work on the new EMS headquarters.

Another Thunder Bay resident is celebrating a big lottery win. Cynthia Paul has picked up a cheque worth $100,000, which are proceeds from the Encore prize in the July 29 LottoMax draw.

The mayor wants the community to get more involved in crime prevention. That’s why the city is holding its first Mayor’s Community Safety and Crime Prevention Awards Nov. 7.

City police have arrested a 20-year-old man following a north-side convenience store robbery. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say the suspect entered the store wearing a ski mask and showing a knife around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Advance polls for the provincial election are now open for eligible voters who just can’t wait until Oct. 6. For the next 10 days, advance polls are open at certain locations from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Mary Long-Irwin says seeing her 35-year-old-daughter struggle to breathe in the final days of her life was a nightmare. Carla Stamp passed away at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto Tuesday night.

One person is dead and another remains in critical but stable condition after a cottage fire on Lake of the Woods Monday.

Twilight Sparkle, Applejack and Rainbow Dash are on their way to Thunder Bay.

No one was hurt in a house fire on the city’s south side Wednesday morning. The smell of smoke blanketed the air on Sherbrooke Street as five fire trucks worked to put out a fire in a duplex.

Steve Mantis is fighting for the people left behind. “Seems like the big guys, they have plenty of people fighting for them,” said the NDP candidate for Thunder Bay-Superior North.