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The city still needs people to stop sending unnecessary water down drains as it tackles flooding at the sewage treatment plant. All seven temporary pumps are in place with an 80-megalitre capacity.

One of the major players in the Ring of Fire development is delaying the release of its feasibility study. Officials with Noront Resources say they want to evaluate recent announcements by Cliffs Natural Resources and the province.

The end is near for a three-year-old theft ring case in Thunder Bay. Louis Rosin, 46, was arrested in January 2009, and was facing several stolen property, drug, and weapons charges.

The repairs to a section of Highway 11/17 near Vibert Road that leads into the community of Kakabeka Falls could take up to two weeks to repair. A large portion of road collapsed following massive flooding.

Jessica Sharpe was horrified Monday morning when she did her paper route.

Thunder Bay city council has approved a new four-year deal with about 700 of its municipal employees. CUPE Local 87 workers will receive a 1.75 per cent wage increase on Jan. 1 of each year of the agreement.

A local sawmill is the latest casualty of the flooding situation. The Resolute Forest Products lumber mill on the Fort William First Nation has been forced to shut down for at least two days because of road closures in their woodland areas.

Kevin Johnson was laid off from Bombardier in 2003 when the local plant was down to about 250 employees.

While progress is being made, it will still be at least a day before the city knows what’s wrong with its sewage treatment plant and that’s only if the rain holds off.

Harvard-educated Lee Stuesser is Lakehead University’s founding dean of law, school president Brian Stevenson announced Tuesday.