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THUNDER BAY - The city and Fort William First Nation have to wait until Monday to find out if CN will accept their proposal to reopen the James Street Swing Bridge.

THUNDER BAY -- The director of education at Lakehead Public Schools says declining enrolment is the main reason the board is cutting 17 teaching positions and an undetermined number of support staff.

THUNDER BAY -- Shelter House is appealing directly to donors for the first time as the need for emergency shelter rises in the city. The George Street shelter mailed out about 2,000 letters last week to people who have contributed in the past.

THUNDER BAY -- A major road rehabilitation project has gotten underway that will disrupt traffic through the city's south downtown core area for several months.

THUNDER BAY -- City police are looking for the shirtless man in khaki shorts said to have been committing an indecent act in the bushes near the Black Bay Bridge.

THUNDER BAY -- A new, and rather large, ship is patrolling Lake Superior coast around this city. The Canadian Coast Guard ship Constable Carrière is a 140-foot mid-shore patrol vessel that will be in Thunder Bay until Friday.

SIOUX LOOKOUT, Ont. -- A nap near a trail in Sioux Lookout almost led to a man becoming a bear’s evening snack. Officials with the OPP say the 29-year-old Muskrat Dam man was snoozing next to a trail on Seventh Avenue just before 9:30 p.m.

Thunder Bay Police are seeking public assistance after a serious assault near City Hall early on Canada Day.

THUNDER BAY -- Shirley Keesic says her brother Murray, if alive today, would forgive the man now convicted of killing him. "I know Murray would would say, 'Oh, I forgive you; I forgive you.

THUNDER BAY -- One man has been taken to hospital with undisclosed injuries following an early morning rollover on Chippewa Road.