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A petition to make the city a Guaranteed Minimum Income pilot project cleared its target 500 signatures in only three days. Its author is now vowing to continue until it reaches critical mass.

Changes to the tax assessment system in unincorporated areas will mean all 15 Thunder Bay District municipalities will be paying less for social services this year.

THUNDER BAY -- The city has a new treasurer. A position vacant since Carole Pollard retired last year, council unanimously appointed Rob Colquhoun Monday night. He's also the acting manager of corporate services and long-term care.

THUNDER BAY -- More money from Tbaytel was approved quickly Monday night. City council voted in a new dividend model from the local utility with no discussion.

THUNDER BAY -- What started as a gravel road through farmland has turned into a bus route to a school and the main entrance into a subdivision. But Woodcrest Road between John Street Road and Hutton Park Drive still doesn't have a sidewalk.

Shelter House has hired a new executive director. Gary Mack takes over the position vacated by Patty Hajdu, who left the job last year after winning a seat in the House of Commons running for the Liberals in Thunder Bay-Superior North.

Want to see our council coverage unfold live? Below council reporter Jamie Smith, live tweets tonight’s council meeting in real time. You can read the tweets in the below feed even if you don’t have a Twitter account.

THUNDER BAY -- City council will meets tonight and face a thinner than usual agenda in a week that will also see budget talks resuming Thursday. Council is expected to review a number of requests for support.

Following story has been updated to include Thunder Bay Police Service's official response. It was remarkably like a simple hockey check.

February 29, 2016 – The City of Thunder Bay has released the 2015 Drinking Water Quality Annual Report, outlining how the City’s drinking water is monitored, treated, and delivered to homes and taps, “Our City’s water is monit