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A three-truck crash on Highway 11-17 is making the afternoon commute a little slower for some drivers. The mishap, which happened in a construction zone near the Terry Fox Lookout, sent at least one man to hospital.

After a day of reflection, the city’s mayor-elect took to the streets Wednesday as part of his campaign promise to reconnect with residents.

The jury for the Mervin Spence trial took a step closer to a verdict when they were excused from the courtroom Wednesday to deliberate. The manslaughter charge against the suspect was dropped Tuesday because of a lack of evidence.

The top elected official will be returning to council chambers in Shuniah and Oliver-Paipoonge, but it isn’t the same story in Neebing. In Oliver-Paipoonge, Mayor Lucy Kloosterhuis won her re-election bid after collecting 1,142 votes.

Delays by the city clerk’s office on Monday night releasing municipal election results were the result of a last-minute surge of voters, not computer glitches with electronic tabulators.

Strong winds and sometimes heavy rain are pounding parts of the area, leaving scattered scenes of destruction in and around the city.

Keith Hobbs says it’s time for Thunder Bay to start healing.

The city failed to deliver a knockout punch to voter apathy Monday night as only 46 per cent of eligible voters decided to cast a ballot in the municipal election. Monday night’s turnout is an improvement from the 38.

Frank Grant was the odd-man out in the English Public School Board trustee race. Grant was the only one of nine candidates not to make the cut on Monday, falling about 650 short of the cut-off line to win a spot on the board.

Paul Pugh’s victory in the McKellar Ward Monday makes him the lone fresh face amongst six other returning ward councillors. Pugh ran in the only ward that didn’t feature an incumbent running for re-election.