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THUNDER BAY -- Firefighters were forced to shut down a street as they battled a garage fire on the city's North side Thursday afternoon.

THUNDER BAY -- City police are looking for the man who tried to break into a north-side home with the homeowner’s own ladder Wednesday evening. Police say the incident took place just before 11 p.m. in the 200 block of South High Street.

THUNDER BAY -- Police are looking for the two men who attempted to break into southside home Thursday morning. Thunder Bay Police Service officers were called to a home in the 300 block of East Francis Street at 2 a.m. Thursday.

THUNDER BAY -- City police arrested a man suspected of twice breaking into a southside home Wednesday evening and robbing the residents at knifepoint.

THUNDER BAY -- The proposed event centre took top billing at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium during a mayoral debate Wednesday.

While Wednesday night’s mayoral debate at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium focused much of its time debating the merits of an event centre, it certainly wasn’t the only topic on the minds of the candidates.

THUNDER BAY -- A gas line rupture reported earlier Thursday morning appears to be under control, says officials with the gas company. Just before 10:30 a.m.

KAKABEKA FALLS, Ont. -- Three men have been charged on multiple drug and firearm related offences following a weekend incident. Thunder Bay detachment OPP officers responded to a theft at a gas station in Kakabeka Falls on Saturday.

THUNDER BAY -- A patient exhibiting signs of the Ebola virus who turned up last week at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre tested negative for the disease.

The Thunder Bay and District Labour Council has endorsed Mayor Keith Hobbs in the upcoming municipal election. The organization also endorsed five at-large candidates and candidates in five of the city’s seven wards.