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College courses can be insular at times. Nursing students often have no idea what police students do. Firefighters might not understand the expectations of medical lab assistants.

City police are investigating a Tuesday evening, north-side stabbing. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say officers attended a north-side home after receiving reports of a stabbing.

For a split second last Saturday Ralph Ireland thought he and his wife were dead.

No one was home Wednesday morning when a fire broke out in a Ryerson Crescent home. Firefighters said the blaze quickly spread to the attic of the bungalow-style residence, which presented difficulty trying to knock it down.

Linda Gambee made her first courtroom appearance in response to fraud allegations Tuesday morning. The former chair of the city's Christmas Cheer fund was charged with fraud over $5,000 and breach of trust last month.

Bill Mauro is taking a second stab at increasing Canadian content requirements for mass-transit purchases involving provincial dollars.

Two people were taken to hospital following an early afternoon mattress fire in a south side apartment building. Emergency crews responded to reports of smoke inside Casablanca Apartments on Simpson Street at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

Two people were taken to hospital following an early afternoon mattress fire in a south side apartment building. Emergency crews responded to reports of smoke inside Casablanca Apartments on Simpson Street at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

An arrest warrant has been issued for 57 year old Frank Vantroba after he was a no show for his scheduled three-day trial. Vantroba was charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm after a Nov. 2012 incident involving one of his dogs.

Jordan Richards estimates she's seen the movie The Croods about a million times. But over the next 40 days, the nine-year-old fourth-grader from St. Paul School is determined to forgo her favourite film for Lent.