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Fate of Broadway Avenue trees on hold while council waits to make bylaw decision

THUNDER BAY -- Thunder Bay Hydro will have to wait before it cuts down trees on Broadway Avenue. Property owners in the area were told that trees in their front yards would have to be removed.
Mayor calls out MPAC after city provides Our Kids Count with tax relief grant

Mayor calls out MPAC after city provides Our Kids Count with tax relief grant

THUNDER BAY -- Mayor Keith Hobbs thinks the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation's board should resign.

Report coming to council on how to best deal with vacancies

THUNDER BAY -- Council will have options when a report comes back on how it should deal with vacancies. Coun. Iain Angus said the city needs to have a policy in place should a councillor have to vacate his or her place.
Most councillors ready to back online voting, want report back from administration

Most councillors ready to back online voting, want report back from administration

THUNDER BAY -- While most on city council support the idea of electronic voting in the next election, they want administration to do its homework before making a decision.
Students raise socks and underwear for Undercover Project

Students raise socks and underwear for Undercover Project

THUNDER BAY -- Before a few weeks ago Lauren Barch didn’t know that new socks and underwear are luxuries that many children in the city don’t enjoy.
Student volunteers help spread Christmas Cheer

Student volunteers help spread Christmas Cheer

THUNDER BAY -- When Amy Stewart and Kayla Stein sit down to Christmas dinner this year, they’re going to have a brand new appreciation for their meal.
Student initiative helps ensure less fortunate have toys for Christmas

Student initiative helps ensure less fortunate have toys for Christmas

Seven-year-old Charlotte Ailey wants every child to have a present this Christmas. “Kids in our country and all over the world don’t have toys and we do and it’s not fair if we have toys and they don’t,” she said.
Rain followed by cooler temperatures expected to cause slippery driving conditions

Rain followed by cooler temperatures expected to cause slippery driving conditions

THUNDER BAY – Prepare for slippery driving conditions. That’s the message from Thunder Bay Police Service Traffic Sgt.
December 2013 polar vortex opposite of December 2014

December 2013 polar vortex opposite of December 2014

THUNDER BAY -- What a difference a year makes. According to the weather, this December and the December of 2013 have almost nothing in common. Last year’s December was so cold that polar vortex became the daily water cooler topic.
Skates stolen from 15-year-old in brazen armed robbery

Skates stolen from 15-year-old in brazen armed robbery

A 15-year-old boy was threatened at knifepoint on Friday at a south-side outdoor rink. The teenager had just taken off his skates at the Kinsemen Centre rink on North James Street when a female grabbed his skates and began walking away.
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