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Police service moving towards pilot project to speed up criminal records searches

THUNDER BAY – The city police force is moving ahead with trying to speed up the process to get a background check.

Mar 22, 2015 11:46 AM Read more >

Lakehead steel bridge team wins regionals, prepares for U.S. national competition

THUNDER BAY – Lakehead University has fielded many competitive teams over the years.

Mar 21, 2015 6:25 PM Read more >

Dodgeball tournament raises $160,000 for United Way in 8 years

THUNDER BAY – After playing in his first dodgeball tournament Douglas Wilson is certain he’ll do it again, though with more preparation next time.

Mar 21, 2015 2:20 PM Read more >

Target to close city location on April 1

THUNDER BAY – The city’s Target location will be shuttered at the end of the month.

Mar 21, 2015 11:18 AM Read more >

Police investigate racist Facebook pages targeting local Aboriginal community

THUNDER BAY – Local police are investigating a racist Facebook page believed to be targeting minorities in this city.

Mar 20, 2015 6:26 PM Read more >

Regional labour market showing signs of stability after down decade

THUNDER BAY – Despite the region shedding nearly 20,000 jobs from 2003 to 2013, there is hope the labour market is starting to stabilize.

Mar 20, 2015 4:53 PM Read more >

Hospital joins city-wide respect. initiative

THUNDER BAY -- Respect is a core element of how the regional hospital approaches patient care. So it was a simple decision for the Thunder Bay Health Sciences Centre to officially join the city-wide respect. Initiative Friday afternoon.

Mar 20, 2015 4:27 PM Read more >

Save the Finlandia at nearly $5,000 by Friday afternoon, still 31 days left to reach $15K

THUNDER BAY -- With more than 30 days left, the Save the Finlandia campaign has nearly reached one-third of its $15,000 goal.

Mar 20, 2015 3:25 PM Read more >

Neebing's Rydholm opposes gas-tax money being used on event centre

Linda Rydholm says if city officials still insist on building an event centre, they should axe the accompanying convention centre.

Mar 20, 2015 3:22 PM Read more >

Thunder Bay, Northern Minnesota combine ‘natural assets’ in geo-tourism collaboration

THUNDER BAY – The city’s tourism manager is optimistic a new collaboration will introduce the region to a new demographic of potential visitors.

Mar 20, 2015 1:46 PM Read more >