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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.

Christmas is a joyous occasion for most children. But for Thunder Bay’s most impoverished the holiday is a stark reminder they’re among the city’s have-nots.

THUNDER BAY -- The gas tax is pumping $1.8 million into Thunder Bay's transit system. Ontario's Gas Tax Program, now totaling nearly $19 million over the past decade for the city, must go into a municipality's transit system.

Lakehead University president Brian Stevenson says running a university these days is definitely a balancing act.