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A familiar face at city council meetings won’t be allowed to make a deputation for six months unless he apologizes. Former Neebing Ward candidate Henry Wojak was removed from council chambers Nov.

The city’s eagerness to become a technology hub has landed the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre a deal that will create between six and 10 full-time jobs and mean about a million dollars to the local economy.

Thunder Bay Hydro customers could see a three per cent cut to their bill as early as May. Officials with Thunder Bay Hydro Electricity Distribution Inc. made a rate application to the Ontario Energy Board.

Santa is getting a little help from students at Westgate Collegiate and Vocational Institute this Christmas.

Westgate Collegiate Vocational Institute students and staff got an unexpected afternoon off on Monday, thanks to a water-main break on Walsh Street.

For the second time in about a week, a home on Manitou Street has gone up in flames. Firefighters with the Thunder Bay Fire and Rescue responded to large flames and smokes at the back of the home just after noon on Monday.

A two-vehicle collision in the Edmonton area early Monday morning has left a Thunder Bay man in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The crash took place around 3 a.m. near Fort Saskatchewan, northwest of Edmonton.

The town of Ignace has decided to take the next step in the process to become a host community for a nuclear waste repository.

Statistics Canada has made a prediction of what the city’s demographics may look like in two decades. The study predicts that 15 per cent of the city’s residents will be identified as Aboriginal by the year 2031.

The city is trying to make it easier for people to be green. A partnership with Thunder Bay Public Library has set up four bins at branches throughout the city to collect used batteries. Another bin has been set up at the Victoriaville Civic Centre.