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Police arrested a Thunder Bay man Thursday and charged him with a number of offences including possessing child pornography.

During the Second World War, C.D .Howe was known as the Minister of Everything. His grandson Thomas Howe, who was eight years old when the longtime minister in the cabinets of Mackenzie King and Louis St.

The Thunder Bay and District Humane Society cannot say whether or not a pit bull-mix that allegedly attacked a killed a chihuahua-mix at a city off-leash dog park Nov. 9 was adopted from the shelter.

Lawerencia Bembenek, better known by her nickname Bambi, has died.

Despite the cold, wet winter weather, construction is moving ahead full force on Thunder Bay’s waterfront. "Winter does have its own challenges," said Gary Wood, construction supervisor.

Thunder Bay city council is set to award a half-million dollar contract for work on the city-owned Whalen building.

Stormy weekend weather means calendar parking is back in effect in Thunder Bay. This means motorists cannot park along priority routes, hospital or school zones, transit routes, the downtown cores or emergency routes from 2 a.m. to 7 a.m.

A weather-related, two-vehicle collision on Sunday sent five people to hospital. The mishap occurred at about 5:30 p.m. on Dawson Road, near the Mapleward Road intersection. Four of the victims suffered minor injury.

Icy roads and the threat of snow mean an extended weekend for the city’s rural students. The Lakehead District School Board has closed several of its facilities on Monday, deciding to err on the side of caution.

Santa Claus brought a blast of North Pole temperatures to Thunder Bay, but it didn’t seem to bother many of the thousands of people who lined Memorial Avenue to watch his annual parade.