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Kathleen Wynne wants to hear from the North on economic concerns.

THUNDER BAY -- Students and staff were forced to evacuate Lakehead University's Centennial building Tuesday afternoon. The evacuation followed reports that people had detected an odour of smoke.

THUNDER BAY-- City council and staff gave outgoing Aboriginal liaison, Anna Gibbon a standing ovation last night as they thanked her for her work. Council was also introduced to the person who will be taking over the role.

Operation Thunderbird is looking to map every case of missing and murdered Aboriginal women . The Anonymous hacktivist operation is looking to shed light on the country’s hundreds of cases of missing or murdered women.

City council has given the financially struggling Lake Superior Centre for Regenerative Medicine another $150,000 lifeline. The majority of council voted to give the only non-profit bone and tissue bank in Canada another loan.

THUNDER BAY -- The price of a bus ride is about to go up. City council approved recommendations at Monday night’s Committee of the Whole meeting to increase transit fares by April 1. Cash fares will go up five cents to $2.

A post-mortem was done on Sunday in Kenora on a woman who died while in the custody of Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service.

Police in the Greater Toronto Area are investigating a murder that may involve a Thunder Bay resident. The incident happened north of Toronto just before 2 a.m. Saturday.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Harvey Yesno says there is no defense for comments Senator Patrick Brazeau made about Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence. At a provincial candidate fundraiser in Orleans, Ont. on Jan.

Hammarskjold High School students will be back in class Tuesday. The school was closed Monday to clean up trace amounts of lead found in lockers. “The cleanup has been completed,” Lakehead Public Schools director Cathi Siemieniuk said.