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AbitibiBowater inks 10-year power deal with province

AbitibiBowater inks 10-year power deal with province

Looking for any competitive advantage to survive, Thunder Bay’s AbitibiBowater’s paper plant has gotten the go-ahead – and $9.6 million – from the province to generate an additional 40 megawatts of power each year.
Students want city to think locally when it comes to policies

Students want city to think locally when it comes to policies

Simply putting in place a procurement policy that calls on the city, where possible, to use locally produced food at its functions could help strengthen a student group’s desire to see a sustainable food system thrive in Thunder Bay.
Mayor working on energy policy to attract ferrochrome processing facility

Mayor working on energy policy to attract ferrochrome processing facility

Mayor Keith Hobbs said procuring an energy policy that allows the city to compete with Manitoba and Quebec is the central part of his plan to attract a proposed ferrochrome processing facility to Thunder Bay.
LPH stigma makes it poor choice for detox facility: Buckler

LPH stigma makes it poor choice for detox facility: Buckler

Stigma alone is reason enough not to use the Lakehead Psychiatric Hospital as a detox facility, says the head of St. Joseph’s Care Group. Coun.

Police seize 350 Oxycodone pills following traffic stop

A routine traffic stop led to a major drug bust in Kenora. Officers with the Kenora detachment of the OPP stopped a vehicle on Highway 17 Sunday afternoon. As a result of the stop police charged the driver with providing false identification.
Accused of cruelty

Accused of cruelty

An SPCA investigator has begun the preliminary work into a case of alleged animal cruelty and neglect at an O’Connor Township property, OPP confirmed Monday.
Lack of potential Aboriginal jurors leads to murder trial delay

Lack of potential Aboriginal jurors leads to murder trial delay

Citing a lack of Aboriginal representation, a judge indefinitely delayed a second-degree murder trial Monday. Andre Wareham, 32, appeared at the Superior Court of Justice in Thunder Bay Monday morning for the jury selection of his trial.
GO Transit orders 50 more cars from Thunder Bay Bombardier plant

GO Transit orders 50 more cars from Thunder Bay Bombardier plant

With another 50 bi-level cars ordered by GO Transit, about 250 local Bombardier employees know their jobs are secure for the length of another contract. “It bodes well for the future of the plant,” said CAW Local 1075 president Paul Pugh.

Mayor’s resolution states city is ready to work with mining company

Mayor Keith Hobbs is expected to officially ask that city council send a message to Cliffs Natural Resources stating the city is ready to work with the company to bring a major ore processing facility to Thunder Bay.

Murder trial delayed, pushed back to April

Eric Lindstrom, accused of second-degree murder in connection to the death Richard Ouiment, won’t appear in court again until next month. Lawyers involved in the case met briefly on Monday to set the matter to April 8.
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