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THUNDER BAY -- Jenny Veal thought she and her friend Amanda Mihalus might inspire a few friends and family to donate toiletries and other necessities like diapers and baby wipes to victims of this week’s devastating fires in Fort McMurray, Alta

THUNDER BAY – Changes to a federal infrastructure fund could mean new life for the city’s proposed event centre.

A single motor vehicle collision on the Harbour Expressway between Balmoral St and Golf Links at 2:00 p.m. will be slowing traffic in both directions for about another half hour while emergency crews and tow trucks clear the vehicle(s) and debris.

THUNDER BAY -- Two years ago, Hunter Fernyc was an hour from death. Diagnosed with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiotosis, a rare blood disease, the then two-year-old was airlifted from Thunder Bay to the London Children’s Hospital in London, Ont.

Despite some concerns from area business, council will be asked to make city hall the permanent south-side transit hub Monday. In 2010, city administration selected city hall as the best location for the city’s south-side transit hub.

The owner of a Blucher Avenue rental property has been ticketed for failing to maintain a smoke alarm and also for failing to install a carbon monoxide alarm where required. Each ticket carries a fine of $360.

THUNDER BAY -- Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre’s mobile breast-screening unit remains out of service while repairs are made resulting from a collision earlier this year.

THUNDER BAY – Student unions at Confederation College and Lakehead University have agreed with the City of Thunder Bay to extend the universal bus partnership for another year. The deal will cost full-term students $102.

The union representing hundreds of Catholic elementary teachers in Thunder Bay says contract talks with the board have hit an impasse. The union represents around 390 teachers in 18 Catholic elementary schools in Thunder Bay.

(FORT FRANCES, ON) – The Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police, (OPP) Detachment is seeking the public’s assistance in speaking with anyone who may have had dealings with a young male cyclist/pedestrian on Highway# 11, about 2 ki