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Mayor Keith Hobbs’ thoughts were of his mother on International Women’s Day. “I think of my mom on this day and how she fought during the war for our freedom. She had nine children.

Revera Home Health Care workers in Thunder Bay and in the Kenora District have joined the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union.

The key to a rejuvenated and successful downtown is having a place to live. At least that’s Sean Serino’s theory.

Nearly 200 zumba lovers got to shake it for a good cause Thursday night as they raised money for colorectal cancer. The Shake Your Booty event is now in its second year.

A water line break at Lakehead University has closed its music and visual arts building. The break occurred sometime Friday morning and the William H. Buset Music and Visual Arts Centre has been closed until further notice.

Citizens’ opinions to help shape public library services A small group of people turned out to the Waverley Resource Library Thursday afternoon to take part in a community open house.

The area jobless rate rose nearly a per cent in February, recently released data shows. Numbers released by Statistics Canada shows that the unemployment rate for the Thunder Bay area rose to 5.

Students staging a sit-in at Lakehead University for the past week continued to protest a curriculum change during a rally Thursday.

The Toronto law firm that filed a multi-million dollar class action lawsuit against the city has withdrawn its case. Adair Morse LLP filed the $510 million lawsuit against the city on Oct. 29 2012.

A team from the TTC was in the city this week to test run some locally-built streetcars. The training on the prototype light-rail vehicles is part of what Bombardier says will be a milestone next week.