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THUNDER BAY -- Lakehead University has slipped one spot in Maclean’s 2013 university rankings.

Kari Chiappetta has had a busy few days. The manager of the Thunder Bay and Area Disaster Relief Fund said they received nearly 400 claims in the final three days before Wednesday’s Halloween deadline, upping the total number of claims to 593.

Energy Minister Chris Bentley says the plan to suspend the conversion of Thunder Bay's coal-fired generating station is a temporary pause.

THUNDER BAY -- A consultant for the city’s proposed event centre says he understands the multimillion-dollar confusion surrounding the cost of the controversial $106.1-million facility.

Keith Hobbs has had a goatee since he was a young cop working the undercover drug beat. But shaving it off for Movember is becoming an annual tradition.

THUNDER BAY -- Students at St. James Public School were treated to a puppet show with a message Thursday morning.

THUNDER BAY -- A two-vehicle collision Thursday morning at the intersection of High Street and Oliver Road sent one person to the hospital with unknown injuries. Thunder Bay Police Service officers were at the scene of the crash just before 9 a.m.

THUNDER BAY -- A $100,000 shortfall has forced the North of Superior Travel Association to come up with a new market strategy.

THUNDER BAY -- An American desribed as a humanitarian who pleaded guilty to helping a Salvadorian couple cross illegally into Canada told a courtroom he’s not a human smuggler.

Rocco Minnella said he’s relieved and feels vindicated after being cleared of having ties to a nefarious Mafia crime syndicate by Italian prosecutors.