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Traffic on one of Thunder Bay's busiest street was reduced to just two lanes this afternoon.

Hammarskjold High School students are getting an unexpected extended weekend. Officials with Lakehead Public Schools announced they would be closing the school Monday over health and safety concerns.

Some local students applied their literacy skills to fun and games Friday afternoon. Students at Claude E. Garton Public School celebrated literacy and numeracy by playing word and number-based games for their Family Literacy Day. .

Three Thunder Bay representatives will play a role on the Northern Policy Institute's inaugural board of directors. Doug Murray and Madge Richardson have been named to the 10-person board.

The Regional Coroner says he doesn't think an inquest is necessary into the case of a fatal fall down an elevator shaft last year. The tragic incident occurred on Oct. 5 at the Royal Edward Arms on May Street.

A former CEP union official found guilty in a major theft case will learn his fate in April.

Careless smoking is being blamed for starting a fire Thursday that destroyed much of a Riverside Drive home. Fire crews responded to the scene Thursday afternoon to find the attached garage in flames, said fire prevention officer Eric Nordlund.

THUNDER BAY -- City administration is proposing to offset higher property values by decreasing the municipal tax rate by 3.4 per cent. City administration’s proposed 2013 budget includes a tax levy increase of 2.

The Thunder Bay Disaster Relief Committee is officially done fundraising.

The United Way of Thunder Bay is $230,000 closer to reaching its $2.6 million goal. Ontario Public Service employees unveiled the total Thursday morning at the Cumberland Street LCBO.