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To the editor, I find it highly ironic that editorial comments from this publication and members of city council say we are finally moving into the 21st Century by going with online voting for the next municipal election.

The city is adding a new manager as its solid waste strategy shapes up.

The Canadian Lakehead Exhibition is going local for its 125th anniversary. The annual fair will feature local musicians, jugglers and illusionists in its August 5 to 9 lineup. Even the fireworks display is being arranged locally.

A Thunder Bay driver was airborne and then travelled about 20 metres, police said Monday, describing a spectacular late-night crash that destroyed a planter Sunday on Algoma Street.

Thunder Bay Police have seized $8,400 worth of narcotics following a traffic stop early Monday morning on Balmoral Street.

THUNDER BAY -- City police responded to more than 275 incidents during the week of Monday, June 29, 2015 through Sunday, July 5, 2015. Thunder Bay Police Service statistics are made available through crimereports.

OPP News Release (RED LAKE, ON) – On July 1, 2015 Red Lake Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were on Marine patrol within the Municipality of Red Lake.

OPP News Release (GREENSTONE, ON) – On June 27, 2015 at approximately 10:38pm, a member of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Greenstone Detachment conducted a traffic stop for speeding on Highway 11 in the area of Hardrock Road, Municipality

THUNDER BAY -- Traffic is once again flowing on Highway 61 after a major collision this morning. The highway was closed in both directions near Chippewa Road according to the province's traveler information service 511 Ontario.

OPP News Release BEAR COMPLAINTS ON THE RISE IN GREENSTONE (GREENSTONE, ON) – As is the case every summer, bear complaints are on the rise in the Municipality of Greenstone.