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GREENSTONE, Ont – A Magnetawan, Ont., man has been charged in connection with a fatal December crash.

THUNDER BAY -- See how Wednesday night’s budget meeting unfolded via the tweets of our council reporters and some residents following along. Join the conversation by using hashtag #tbcc during council meetings.

Friends of Chippewa Park are hoping to rally the public to show its continued support for the wildlife exhibit at the city-owned park. The volunteer group is circulating two separate petitions to show council the public wants the zoo to continue.

THUNDER BAY -- While some councillors including mayor Keith Hobbs hate this year's proposed budget, they accepted it anyway. The proposed tax levy increase stands at 4.6 per cent, 3.

THUNDER BAY -- PARO Centre for Women’s Enterprise has garnered national recognition.

THUNDER BAY -- A man suspected of robbing two banks made his first court appearance Wednesday. The first reported robbery took place just after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the CIBC in Victoriaville Mall.

The following information has been supplied by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry: Canadian residents can fish without buying a fishing licence this Family Day Weekend, which runs Feb. 14 to 16.

FORT FRANCES, Ont. -- The provinces is giving Community Living Fort Frances $300,000 for programming.

Kim Scobak loves winter and welcomed Thunder Bay’s most recent snowfall with open arms. “It’s refreshing. It extends our cross-country ski season and it’s great.

THUNDER BAY -- If the city were a household, its mortgage would be about $22,000. “That just about says it all,” said Mayor Keith Hobbs. “If everyone had a $22,000 mortgage, it would be pretty nice.