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NOTE TO READERS: A previous version of this story indicated a young passenger was travelling in the box of the pickup truck. The passenger was actually in the backseat. Tbnewswatch.com was provided with inaccurate information, we regret the error.

THUNDER BAY – What exactly is white supremacy and how can we fight it? That is one of the central questions to an upcoming and sold out series of workshops Diversity Thunder Bay is hosting called “The White Problem.

Saturday evening, (30 April 2016) at about 10 p.m., there was a rear-end type collision at the intersection of Harbour Expressway and Memorial Ave.

THUNDER BAY -- Bike lanes in Thunder Bay are open again for the cycling season. Cyclists will be able to enjoy the safety of more than 30 kilometres of bike lanes the city has put in place over the last several years.

THUNDER BAY – A power outage in the Whitefish area has led to the closure of Whitefish Public School for the day, public board officials confirmed Monday morning.

THUNDER BAY – This year’s Shelter House Raise the Rent campaign brought in $22,000. The 12th annual event calls for local citizens and businesses to raise a minimum of $1,000, which is the average cost of shelter for a month in the city.

THUNDER BAY -- The annual Key Performance Indicators have been released for colleges around Ontario. For Confederation College, that’s good news. The new KPI ranks the local college among the best in the province.

People don’t talk about suicide, and for Margaret Hajdinjak that’s a serious problem. “There is such a stigma attached to it,” Hajdinjak said, as she prepared to walk Sunday evening at the Out of Darkness memorial Walk.

THUNDER BAY - Hundreds walked around Boulevard Lake Sunday to raise funds for palliative care.

THUNDER BAY – With his 92nd birthday weeks away, Elmer Auld considers himself lucky.