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Students from around the region had the chance to show off their science skills at Lakehead University Friday.

THUNDER BAY -- Santa Claus is coming to town. Kris Kringle will be making his annual pre-Christmas appearance in the city on Saturday as the highlight of the 24th annual Rotary Christmas Parade. The parade is scheduled to start at 10 a.m.

Police are on the hunt for a pair of women wanted in conjunction with a noon-hour robbery on Friday. According to a release issued by Thunder Bay Police Services, the suspects enetered Janzen's Pharmacy on Algoma Street and demanded narcotics.

THUNDER BAY -- Seven suspects in two separate homicide investigations appeared in court Friday morning.

THUNDER BAY -- A snowbrush will come in handy to start the next work week. That’s the advice from Environment Canada warning preparedness meteorologist Peter Kimbal, who said the city’s first snowfall is likely only a few days away.

THUNDER BAY -- Shannon MacLeod loves to read. She also loves to inspire reading in others.

THUNDER BAY -- The sale of a struggling local biotech firm has been approved. A provincial court has approved the sale of Mitomics Inc., which went into receivership in August with nearly $20 million owed to secured lenders and unsecured creditors.

THUNDER BAY – Community partners want to start conversations about drinking.

THUNDER BAY -- Jim Crooks’ father didn’t discuss his time serving in the Second World War often, but when he did he referred to it as his ‘great adventure.

THUNDER BAY -- When Buffy Sainte-Marie was 23, she was a singer with too much money. She used that extra money to start a scholarship foundation for Aboriginal students wanting to gain a higher education but didn’t have the means to get there.