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A local charity took time out Sunday to celebrate its 10th year in Northwestern Ontario.

A strike has been averted at Thunder Bay's Bombardier Plant. Officials with COPE, the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union, held a meeting Sunday evening to vote on a proposed deal.

The latest Occupy Thunder Bay rally had one of the lowest turnouts so far with only a dozen protesters standing outside of city hall.

The Centre of Change has official opened its doors. More than a couple hundred people walked the hallways of the former Hillcrest High School on Saturday.

A late night tentative agreement averted another strike at Thunder Bay’s Bombardier plant. Members with the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union reached a tentative agreement with the company Friday night.

A winter wonderland helped to bring in the holiday spirit even more when Santa Claus came to town. Hundreds of anxious children waited along the sidewalk of Memorial Avenue in anticipation of the jolly old elf in red on Saturday.

If something goes bump in the night, chances are the Thunder Bay Paranormal Society is on the case. The team, made up of seven members, works to debunk paranormal activities that is believed to happen throughout the city.

The future of a local wood product company seems uncertain.

There have already been more than 35 vehicle collisions in the city as of 3 p.m. Friday, the first day of winter driving this season. “A lot of people try to blame the weather for the fact they get into a collision,” said traffic Sgt.

Superior North EMS paramedics and a nurse practitioner are being hailed as heroes after saving a pregnant woman’s baby from near certain death. On Tuesday paramedics responded to an obstetrical emergency transfer from Nipigon to Thunder Bay.