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THUNDER BAY -- Residents can now place their food and drink orders a bit later at the Prince Arthur’s Landing restaurant. The Bight restaurant at Marina Park had to close at 11 p.m. because of a municipal bylaw.

THUNDER BAY -- About 70 people could lose their jobs because of more cuts outlined in the federal government’s omnibus budget bill.

THUNDER BAY -- As the clock strikes midnight Monday, the city’s shipping season will come to a close as the last ship leaves the port.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler says the First Nations organization is holding a community safety forum Tuesday night as a way to reassure the community at large.

THUNDER BAY -- A Canadian retailer is closing its doors in Thunder Bay for good. Monday marks the final day for the Zellers location at Intercity Shopping Centre. The store slashed prices by up to 90 per cent as it prepares to close down at 9 p.m.

THUNDER BAY -- City police arrested an early childhood educator with possession of child pornography after learning he may have tried to extort a woman in a nude image he had.

A recently elected First Nation chief is asking where nearly $1 million went in two years. Wilfred King said his community was in good financial shape when he left office in 2010. King had been chief of Gull Bay for eight years.

He’s walked to New York. Charlie Wilkins has also rowed across the Atlantic, run away with the circus and dug a grave or two in his 40-year career as a writer.

The Eleanor Drury Children’s Theatre has learned the phrase “the show must go on” is a lot easier said than done. Last year, for the first time in its 30-year existence, the theatre group failed to put on a December play.

For Liberal political junkies it’s the most wonderful time of the year.