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City council wants its outside boards and agencies to find their own savings. Since 2010 the city manager’s office has found nearly $5 million in savings through cost containment, the CITYLean program and a core business review.

The city is supporting an electronic upgrade to a local bingo hall. City council voted unanimously Monday to back a bid by Thunder Bay Community Bingo to bring e-bingo, touchscreens, to its service.

The stretch of new four-lane highway on Highway 11-17 that was opened on Friday is great for drivers, but not so good for some businesses on the new portion of Lakeshore Drive. John D'Angelo is the manager of Crystal Beach Variety.

Dilico Anishnabek Family Care workers are heading back to work after accepting a new deal Monday. Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union representative Marvin Pupeza says some key concerns have been addressed in the tentative agreement.

An aerial lift machine that tipped, causing the death of 24-year-old Gustavo Argueta at the MacKenzie River Bridge construction site in 2011, never should have been used on that site, said a Hertz Equipment Rental mechanic.

The Ontario Energy Board has decided closing the Thunder Bay Generating Station is unacceptable. The decision came last week when the board ordered the Integrated Electrical System Operator to enter into a contract with Ontario Power Generation.

The waiting list to get into the city’s only solvent abuse treatment centre has doubled in the past year, causing many who are seeking help to be turned away.

Thunder Bay's budget is overrun this year and possible savings will be up for discussion at city hall tonight. Mid way through the year, administration is projecting a budget shortfall of $2.5 million.

A group of restaurant owners in the city’s north core is proposing to turn a section of Red River Road into a one-way street.

Realizing that no city is an island seems to be paying off for Thunder Bay’s tourism market. For the past two years the city’s tourism strategy has shifted from just promoting what the Lakehead has to offer.