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The Thunder Bay police are bringing back community policing, but this time online.

The city’s deputy police chief is calling the federal government’s rejection to ban generic versions of OxyContin a huge step backwards.

A man charged in connection with a fatal hit-and-run has another court date Friday. Thunder Bay Police Service officers charged 30-year-old Ashley Rheal Shabogomik Nov.14 at 4 p.m.

Although the location of a proposed $106.1-million event centre has yet to be approved by city council, administration is already looking forward to the next phase of preparations for the facility.

The Thunder Bay Police Services Board has passed the 2013 operating and capital budget, which comes with a 3.8 per cent increase from last year. Thunder Bay Police Chief J.P. Levesque presented the 2013 budget estimates to the board Tuesday morning.

The city’s manager of licensing and enforcement division is recommending putting down the dog that allegedly attacked an 11-year-old-boy over the weekend.

A Monday night neighbourhood brawl sent two teens to the hospital with stab wounds. Thunder Bay police responded to a large altercation involving about 20 people in the Limbrick Street Complex area just after 8 p.m. Monday.

Thunder Bay Fire and Rescue will be getting a new truck for Christmas. City council approved the purchase of a new fire truck at Monday night’s meeting. The lowest tender for the truck came in at more than $583,000.

An alcohol and drug transitional recovery home will be setting up its base of operations inside the former Oliver Road Public School. Council unanimously voted in favour of rezoning the former school into a home base for Crossroads Centre Inc.

Samantha Mekanak says she’s afraid to let her children go to a nearby park after a dog allegedly attacked her 11-year-old-son over the weekend. Dante Mekanak had gone out to meet his friends at Tarbutt Park on Saturday.