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THUNDER BAY – The city’s newest set of traffic signals were switched on Tuesday morning.

The Mining Readiness Strategy Information Session being held today from 4 to 9 p.m. at the Italian Cultural Centre. If you can’t make it to the information session, you can watch it live on this page. Check out the live feed from Ustream below.

The fact that police officials dismissed a fake news release as non-racial before completing an internal investigation shows the force’s inability to be objective about the incident, says Julian Falconer.

A 38-year-old Thunder Bay woman has been found guilty of defrauding a local contracting business of more than $200,000. Justice Bruce Fitzpatrick found Kerry Wirkkunen guilty of theft over $5,000 Tuesday morning at the Superior Court of Justice.

The president and CEO of Thunder Bay International Airports Authority says dangerous chemical once used as a fire retardant has been contained on airport property.

THUNDER BAY – Employees from the city’s OLG Casino are taking part in the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. The annual event encourages people to clean up their community by removing litter from a local shoreline.

City council has given Tbaytel the green light to put up two cell towers on Dawson Road and Grandview Road. The majority of council voted in favour of the construction of two towers at 2370 Dawson Road and 151 Grandview Road. McIntyre Coun.

Golfers say they’re teed off with city council’s decision to close the Municipal Golf Course. More than 60 people rallied outside of city hall Monday in protest of council’s earlier decision to close the city run golf course.

SIOUX LOOKOUT, Ont. – Police have found a teenager’s body in a wooded area in this community. Officers with the Sioux Lookout detachment of the OPP were advised that a body was located in an area behind a church of First Avenue North.

Afterschool program finds new life after funding cuts THUNDER BAY – A crucial afterschool Aboriginal program is back in action after its federal funding was cut.