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Firefighters brought a fire under control after it gutted a garage on the corner of Kenogami Avenue and Carrie Street. Firefighters responded to the call around 4 a.m. Friday.

Mason Dean Is a lucky 13-year-old. On Wednesday the Thunder Bay youth was cycling on a sidewalk on Cumberland Street, making his way to the skateboard park at Prince Arthur’s Landing. He never got there.

The Ontario government has threatened teachers and school boards with back to work legislation but an area MPP says that’s just political posturing.

The paint has already dried on the city’s newest bike lanes. City workers already painted the lines for the bike lanes on Arundel Street early Friday morning with plans to paint Hudson Street, Vickers Street and Huron Avenue.

Northbound traffic on the James Street Bridge will be closed while workers make some repairs. The city announced that the northbound lane on the swing bridge will be closed from Aug. 7 at 6 a.m. until Aug. 8.

The Elks Lodge, a fixture in Fort William for the past 85 years, is for sale. With the new consolidated courthouse under construction right across the street, house lodge president Steve Merlo said they’ve received interest in the property.

Sheree King says Confederation College's youth employment program changed her life. The 17-year-old from Gull Bay First Nation attended the 13th annual six-week program at the college with about 25 other First Nation youth.

A driver involved in a fatal July 4 two-vehicle collision on Highway 11/17 is facing charges. Sixty-year-old Deborah Schneider of Kenora died in the crash, after being rushed from the scene to Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.

Stan Kuzmich was working last month when his phone rang. It was his wife Pat, calling with a little good news. “We won some money,” she said. Curious, he asked how much.

The city has announced a number of major construction projects that will distrupt some traffic throughout the city. Officials with the city of Thunder Bay released some of the major projects that will be happening across the city on Thursday.