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Lakehead University expects to start saving $250,000 per year when it stops accepting credit cards for payment of tuition and residence on May 1.

Union Gas customers can expect to save about $90 a year on their natural gas bill. The natural gas supplier announced Tuesday a nine per cent decrease in prices effective April 1. The reduction will apply to all Union Gas customers.

Officials at Thunder Bay's Keefer terminal are hoping for an early start to the shipping season. Harbour Master Guy Jarvis says an ice-breaker is currently working near the break wall and should finish up by the end of the week.

Pennies from Heaven has a new name in Thunder Bay. The annual United Way fundraiser, which collected more than $19,000 for the charity a year ago to help kick-start the 2011 campaign, will now be known as Pennies for Change.

The Thunder Bay Police Services Board added another civilian contract to its ranks. The board passed the four-year contract during its regular scheduled meeting Tuesday.

Cancer patients now have a welcoming message of hope when they walk into the chemotherapy unit at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.

A call to have the province halt increased police spending has prompted the city’s police services board to examine its priorities.

A truck and two snow mobiles plunged through the ice in the Lake of the Woods area Monday.

While some people are excited to move into a proposed new subdivision, their potential neighbours have concerns.

A plan to plan to plan could help the region’s economy get back on track, says a local councillor. Coun. Iain Angus is the chair of the joint task force regional economic development planning zone pilot project.