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THUNDER BAY - A family of ducks crossing the highway played a role in a crash that has a man in hospital with critical injuries.

THUNDER BAY – Students at a local public school were getting suited up for cycling Tuesday.

THUNDER BAY – An early morning assault has left a woman in hospital with critical injuries. Thunder Bay Police Service spokesperson Chris Adams said officers were called to the Totem Trailer Court on Chippewa Road around 9 a.m.

THUNDER BAY – Mayors and councillors come and go, but the city’s general manager of infrastructure has remained a constant. Until now.

The Mayor of Thunder Bay has been appointed to the board of the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation. Keith Hobbs will be one of five municipal representatives on the 11-member MPAC board of directors.

THUNDER BAY – Council made quick work of Monday night’s agenda, with housing issues taking centre stage. Councillors looked at bylaw exemptions for a four-unit condo on John Street Road and a five-plex on Powley Street.

The Trans-Canada Highway between Marathon and White River has been re-opened to one lane.

THUNDER BAY – Premier Kathleen Wynne is defending her government’s record on the Ring of Fire.

The premiers of Quebec and Ontario met with the governors of eight U.S. states in Quebec City Sunday, on the final day of a conference about the future of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence region.

Homebuyers in Ontario will soon have new protections against phantom bids, a practice used by some unscrupulous real estate agents to try to drive up the price of homes.