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Despite no financial commitment, city council fully supports the idea of a new youth centre for Thunder Bay.

The Lowery’s Sports Dome is closed for the summer. Facility spokesman Jake Satten on Monday said slower summer traffic flows made it the ideal time to shut the doors and make renovations totalling about $100,000.

Thunder Bay's elected officials and city staff are going to hear what you think about the job they've been doing. City council gets back to business tonight with its first regular meeting since its summer hiatus several weeks ago.

The walls of Confederation college are a little more colourful these days. On Monday the school officially unveiled its latest addition, Living in Landscape, an abstract Patrick Doyle painting donated to the school by an anonymous benefactor.

Investigators have identified the victim of a fatal house fire near Nipigon. Officials with the Nipigon detachment of the OPP say the body of Fern Marquardt, 66, of Lyon Township, was found at the site of a house fire in Lyon Township Friday.

Striking Dilico Anishinabek Family Care workers found a bit of optimism on the picket lines Monday morning.

Officials with the company responsible for the construction of the new consolidated courthouse say they’re not sure how labour disputes will impact the project.

Four people were taken to hospital following a crash that sent two vehicles into the ditch along Highway 11/17. The crash happened up the road from Amethyst Harbour Road around 4:30p.m. Sunday.

This year’s Lake Superior Day at Prince Arthur’s Landing had a special guest – the tall ship Sorlandet. The Norwegian ship docked in the city’s harbour in order to celebrate the event on Sunday.

Thunder Bay Police Service officers arrested a man suspected of holding a knife to the throat of a convenience store clerk during an armed robbery.