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Like most managers, Brad Savela wants his employees to be safe on the job.

Like most managers, Brad Savela wants his employees to be safe on the job.

Constructed in 1994, Thunder Bay’s Wal-Mart was one of the first of the big box chain’s stores to be built in Canada and until now hasn’t seen many upgrades.

The McGuinty government is injecting money in to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre to reduce wait times in the ER. Eleven new short-stay beds are being set up at a cost of $2.2-million.

The North West Local Health Integration Network is bringing in a new chair and vice-chair. Joy Warkentin will replace Jan Beazley as the organizations chair, while former Dryden mayor Anne Krassilowsky becomes the new vice-chair.

Anthony LeBlanc still wants to be part of the deal to buy the financially struggling Phoenix Coyotes, but the Thunder Bay entrepreneur has found something else to occupy his time in the interim – politics.

They still don’t have approval from the province to create one, but Lakehead University’s proposed law school program has been approved by the Convocation Benchers of the Law Society of Upper Canada.

As spring arrived, more people in Thunder Bay found themselves looking for work. According to numbers released by Statistics Canada Friday, the jobless rate climbed to 7.3 per cent last month, up from the 7 per cent that was recorded in March.

Narrowing down a site location for a proposed new multiplex facility won’t be easy, but Thunder Bay city council will take a close look at five on Monday night.

The Dragon's Den sports bar could be allowed to serve alcohol to patrons again soon. The bar initially received a liquor license suspension at the beginning of April after the Alcohol and Gaming Commission expressed concerns for public safety.