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Random acts of violence can make people second guess their safety but according to one member of the Crime Prevention Council, that perception isn't accurate. Members of the Crime Prevention Council met to discuss their strategic plan on Saturday.

Union Gas is celebrating its centennial by giving back to the communities it serves. Formed in 1911, the Ontario-based company has been distributing natural gas in Northwestern Ontario for about 50 years.

Lakehead University has reinvented the light bulb. The university officially opened its semiconductor research laboratory Friday morning. The lab, a partnership with MEAGlow Ltd.

The Thunder Bay Art Gallery has a new corporate partner. CIBC is helping launch the gallery's annual Summer Exhibition Series.

A young woman is now safe and sound despite having spent a night in the bush. OPP officers were called to the Sleeping Giant Provincial Park after the 23-year-old Thunder Bay woman failed to reconnect with her hiking partner at a designated time.

Keith MacMillan, of Thunder Bay, took a big bite out of OLG’s Instant Pac-man game, winning the $75,000 jackpot. The 76 year-old grandfather of 11 told staff at OLG’s Toronto prize centre that he was shocked because his previous highest win was $50.

The jobless rate in the city has improved slightly, numbers from Statistics Canada show. The new statistics reveal that the city’s jobless rate for May was about 7.2 per cent, down from the 7.3 per cent recorded in April.

Police are still looking for a suspect following a break-in at the former Hillcrest High School early Friday morning. Thunder Bay Police Service officers say the break-in and theft took place shortly after 1 a.m.

The head of a young professionals network sees a generation gap in choosing a location for a proposed multiplex.

Another shipment of wind turbines en route to Dorion blew into the Thunder Bay harbour Thursday. Crews began unloading the second of three shipments of turbines at Keefer Terminal off the BBC Orinoco.