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A tractor trailer fire led to explosions and massive clouds of smoke on Highway 102 Thursday afternoon.

Hydro One workers were getting a lesson in ice safety at Prince Arthur’s Landing Thursday. “We get more and more requests in wintertime to do ice training and ice travel,” said Bishop Racicot, distribution technician for Hydro One.

The city had less employees in the sunshine club in 2012. The province’s Public Sector Salary Disclosure List -- nicknamed the sunshine list -- reveals the annual salary of any public employee collecting six figure annual income.

The Ministry of Natural Resources is reminding people not to feed the deer, no matter the season. “People pick the winter to feed the deer and they think they need to,” said MNR conservation officer Ross Johnston.

In the Thunder Bay district, more people die from drug overdoses than from motor-vehicle collisions.

The Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service will be losing eight per cent of its officers next month.

Sixteen city police officers will be honoured for long-standing service on the local force. The Exemplary Service Awards will be handed out at the Valhalla Inn to members of the Thunder Bay Police Service Thursday evening.

Unrest in the Conservative party has some Tory MPs asking Bruce Hyer what it’s like to serve in the House of Commons without a party.

With elementary school extracurricular activities back, Dave Pineau is going to be busy at work this long weekend.

So far it appears mother nature is allowing the snow to melt at the perfect pace -- not too fast and not too slow. The Lakehead Region Conservation Authority has been conducting snow surveys twice a month to get a sense of any flood concerns.