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Deadline looms: Council, residents discuss pending closure long-term care home

Deadline looms: Council, residents discuss pending closure long-term care home

City council wants to see the Revera Interim Long Term Care Home stay open. The long-term care facility is scheduled to close Oct.

Port Authority busy in September

THUNDER BAY – After a slow couple of months, the Thunder Bay Port Authority says local cargo numbers were back on the rise for September. Port officials are also saying there have been gains in every major category so far this year.

Police association to vote again on new shift proposal

THUNDER BAY – Uniformed city police officers are voting again on whether to adopt a major change in their shift schedule.
Preventing abuse: Nearly 1,000 area kids in foster care

Preventing abuse: Nearly 1,000 area kids in foster care

THUNDER BAY -- There are 900 children in care in this district between the city’s Children’s Aid Society and Dilico Anishinabek Family Care.
Mutant carrot?

Mutant carrot?

Jerome Willie has seen a lot in his 78 years, but never anything like the carrot he pulled from his garden recently. Willie was pulling vegetables from the garden at his Neebing Avenue home a few days ago to donate to charity.
Home sweet home: Single mom takes possession of new Habitat for Humanity home

Home sweet home: Single mom takes possession of new Habitat for Humanity home

Rheanna Scott has always wanted a home to call her own.
Border Services agency makes $2.2M drug bust

Border Services agency makes $2.2M drug bust

More than $2.2 million worth of cocaine and heroin was seized on Sept. 22 at the Pigeon River Border crossing south of Thunder Bay.
Walk to remember

Walk to remember

A pledge to protect and serve can be dangerous and difficult. That’s why police, correctional and military personnel across Canada walk to remember on the last Sunday in September every year.
Fundraising run

Fundraising run

Almost everyone running in a fundraiser Sunday has a personal connection to cancer the organizer says. With more than 400 women a week being diagnosed with breast cancer, it’s not hard to see why.
Young memories

Young memories

That town in North Ontario where Neil Young continued his quest for music stardom gets a lengthy shout-out in his new book. Young devotes several pages in Waging Heavy Peace to his Fort William days.
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