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Operation Red Nose celebrates successful season, delivered 748 rides

Red Nose is celebrating another season of successfully taking hundreds of potential impaired drivers home safely. St. John Ambulance concluded its annual Operation Red Nose program in Thunder Bay, which ran throughout the month of December.

Four file to run for council seats

There was no great rush to the city clerk’s office to file nomination papers for the upcoming municipal election.

Out with the cold, in with the snow

Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning in most of the northwest region as a weather system heads into the area Friday. Environment Canada spokesman Geoff Coulson says we could see between 20 and 25 centimetres in Thunder Bay.

Police respond to pair of stabbings Thursday evening

City police are investigating a pair of stabbings that were reported Thursday evening. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say the first incidents was reported shortly after 8 p.m.
First baby arrives

First baby arrives

The city’s first baby of 2014 arrived just before noon on New Year’s Day.
Tough break up

Tough break up

Cold weather means a busy time for the harbour. With colder than normal temperatures settling in the bay since the end of November, Thunder Bay Port Authority engineering director Guy Jarvis said ice around the port is the worst its been since 1988.
Cold and quiet

Cold and quiet

Only one driver was charged with impaired driving during the New Year’s RIDE program in this city.

Health Unit renews frostbite, hypothermia warnings amid cold snap

With frigid temperatures blanketing the region the Thunder Bay District Health Unit is renewing its frostbite and hypothermia warnings. Public Health Nurse Judi Martin says a scarf and mitts should be worn at all times.

Cold keeps coming, breaks another record for Jan. 2

The recent cold snap continues to make and break weather records in the region. Officials with Environment Canada confirmed that Thursday morning’s low of -38.6C set a new temperature record for the city. The previous coldest Jan.
Annual tradition

Annual tradition

The annual New Year’s Day levee has become a military tradition in Thunder Bay.
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