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Police searched a Candy Mountain Drive residence Wednesday after a three-year-old girl was critically injured late Tuesday afternoon. Air ambulance transported the girl to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre Tuesday at about 5 p.m.

Ontario’s education system has been struggling with declining enrolments, aging schools and tight budgets. Now, an education advocacy group is in Thunder Bay Tuesday night to discuss potential changes to the school system.

A First Nations community will receive provincial dollars to investigate the feasibility of a small hydroelectric generating facility.

Two Confederation College students are trying to bring athletics back to Cat Lake First Nation.

Students at an elementary school fire were evacuated after a small fire was discovered Tuesday afternoon. Fire crews responded to a call from Gron Morgan School around 1 p.m. for a small fire originating in a washroom wastebasket.

The controversial new breakthrough in finding a cure for Multiple Sclerosis was the topic of discussion at an information session held in Thunder Bay Monday.

Police officers arrested a man they believe is connected to a case where a person was pepper sprayed and robbed. Thunder Bay Police Service says the incident was reported on Jan. 10.

Lynne Curran had a hard time believing she won Habitat for Humanity’s $100,000 Family Day raffle Monday. “I couldn’t believe it because I never win anything,” said Curran, who arrived at the Sports Dome to claim her prize with her daughter Marisa.

Lam Hoang Nguyen and his wife Kim Lai have lived in Thunder Bay for 30 years and used to celebrate the Chinese New Year with the local Vietnamese community every year. “We did it until 1990 and it started to fade out,” said Kim Lai.

Police are looking for two men connected to an assault on Sunday. Thunder Bay Police Service officers came across an injured man at the corner of Algoma Street and John Street at 1:30 a.m.