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Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning in most of the northwest region as a weather system heads into the area Friday. Environment Canada spokesman Geoff Coulson says we could see between 20 and 25 centimetres in Thunder Bay.

City police are investigating a pair of stabbings that were reported Thursday evening. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say the first incidents was reported shortly after 8 p.m.

The city’s first baby of 2014 arrived just before noon on New Year’s Day.

Cold weather means a busy time for the harbour. With colder than normal temperatures settling in the bay since the end of November, Thunder Bay Port Authority engineering director Guy Jarvis said ice around the port is the worst its been since 1988.

Only one driver was charged with impaired driving during the New Year’s RIDE program in this city.

With frigid temperatures blanketing the region the Thunder Bay District Health Unit is renewing its frostbite and hypothermia warnings. Public Health Nurse Judi Martin says a scarf and mitts should be worn at all times.

The recent cold snap continues to make and break weather records in the region. Officials with Environment Canada confirmed that Thursday morning’s low of -38.6C set a new temperature record for the city. The previous coldest Jan.

The annual New Year’s Day levee has become a military tradition in Thunder Bay.

Here is our final list of the top stories of 2013. Unlike the lists we’ve published before, this one had nothing to do with the editorial staff of tbnewswatch.com.

Thursday will mark opening day for candidates to file nominations for the 2014 municipal election. Nominations for all seven wards, the five at-large positions, mayor and the school boards will open at 8:30 a.m.