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The city has taken another step toward being Ring of Fire ready. The massive chromite in Northern Ontario is expected to bring an economic boom to the area. In an effort to be ready for that boom, the city has prepared a Mining Readiness Strategy.

Harvey Yesno doesn’t want to speak to bureaucrats. As the newly elected Grand Chief of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, he isn’t interested in phone calls, emails or memos from government officials either.

Thunder Bay Hydro is challenging its customers to conserve.

The City of Thunder Bay council agendas could be going exclusively online. City clerk John Hannam will be asking city council next Monday to make the switch from papers to electronic versions of agendas starting Jan. 1, 2013.

Construction for both waterfront condominiums and the yet-to-be-named hotel could happen nearly simultaneously, says the president of Resolve Group.

Bay Street is getting a taste of Broadway this week. Applauze Productions is taking over the Finlandia with their performance of the Drowsy Chaperone from Aug. 22 to 25.

The new EMS building now has a pulse. Public art at the Junot Avenue building was installed Tuesday afternoon. Titled Pulse, the nearly 3,000-pound stainless steel sculpture represents the lines from a heartbeat on an electrocardiogram. London, Ont.

A provincial plan to legislate a wage freeze for educators is offensive, says a local union official. MPPs are getting an early start at Queen’s Park next week to vote on the Liberals’ Putting Students First Act.

The owner of a local vehicle dealership has challenged Thunder Bay residents to get behind the wheel and drive change within the community. The Performance Kia dealership on Memorial Avenue celebrated the Drive Change Day Tuesday.

The Thunder Bay Art Gallery is getting involved in a different kind of art. The Gallery is partnering with the Indian Martial Arts Toronto and a local solvent abuse centre to host peer-to-peer workshops on the Indian martial art of Kalari.