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A community centre on the city’s North side has figured out a way to beat the winter blues. The North End Community Centre held its fourth annual February Freeze on Sunday.

When he was first diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Bill Heibein was told he only had five good years left.

The man accused of being involved in a fatal 2011 hit-and-run is back behind bars. Ashley Rheal Shabogomik was arrested Wednesday by Nishnawbe Aski Police for breach of probation, and breaching his bail conditions.

Traffic on one of Thunder Bay's busiest street was reduced to just two lanes this afternoon.

Hammarskjold High School students are getting an unexpected extended weekend. Officials with Lakehead Public Schools announced they would be closing the school Monday over health and safety concerns.

Some local students applied their literacy skills to fun and games Friday afternoon. Students at Claude E. Garton Public School celebrated literacy and numeracy by playing word and number-based games for their Family Literacy Day. .

Three Thunder Bay representatives will play a role on the Northern Policy Institute's inaugural board of directors. Doug Murray and Madge Richardson have been named to the 10-person board.

The Regional Coroner says he doesn't think an inquest is necessary into the case of a fatal fall down an elevator shaft last year. The tragic incident occurred on Oct. 5 at the Royal Edward Arms on May Street.

A former CEP union official found guilty in a major theft case will learn his fate in April.

Careless smoking is being blamed for starting a fire Thursday that destroyed much of a Riverside Drive home. Fire crews responded to the scene Thursday afternoon to find the attached garage in flames, said fire prevention officer Eric Nordlund.