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The following is a news release issued by the Thunder Bay District Health Unit regarding Monday’s flood: Boiling Well Water Recommended Due to the heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding that may lead to the contamination of well water, the Heal

Weather had prompted the City of Thunder Bay to mark all city field off limits for games and practices. City officials will be keeping a close watch on field conditions over the next couple of days, and an update is expected Wednesday.

The East End was a flurry of activity Monday morning as basements throughout the neighbourhood were filled with water from the nearby sewage treatment plant. Harold Hasher has lived on McLeod Street for 27 years. He woke up at 3 a.m.

Hopes of a new wood pellet production facility in Ignace have been dashed. Wagner Ontario Forest Management Ltd. had planned on building a plant and having it fully operational by October 2013. That would have created an estimated 20 new jobs.

We asked tbnewswatch.com users for their flood photographs, and here are some of them that were sent to us. If you want a closer look at the photographs, click the “view larger image” link just below the photo caption.

Despite a call for showers and thunderstorms, the annual Kite Festival continued as scheduled. Fewer than 10 kites flew in the sky at the award-winning event at Chippewa Park on Sunday.

The city, along with Oliver-Paipoonge and Conmee, has declared a state of emergency after Monday morning’s flood. In the past 36 hours, some places have seen 108 millimetres of rain.

The chair of the Intergovernmental Liaison Committee wants City Council to send a letter asking the Prime Minister to rethink his decision to withdraw Canada from the Kyoto Protocol Agreement. Westfort Coun.

Alison Levesque knows the importance of passing on her French culture to her two children. The mother of two from Marathon, Ont.

Christina Haveman has returned to defend her former school’s title as champion of the Youth Dragon Boat Festival.