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City police believe a street race is behind a single-vehicle collision on James Street Wednesday. Thunder Bay Police Service officials say emergency service crews responded to the crash just after 5 p.m. on North James Street by Ryerson Crescent.

Dan Baxter has been cancer-free for four year and says his participation in the annual Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay for Life is his way of giving back to everyone who helped him survive.

Beer enthusiasts could be knocking back locally made brews as early as this summer. The owners of Sleeping Giant Brewing Inc . brought in some of the final pieces of equipment they need to make beer in Thunder Bay.

A lack of access to and the delivery of public services to the province’s Aboriginal people is a growing concern for many local organizations.

Danielle Covello was surprised when she saw city prices were sitting around $1.40 per litre Wednesday. “But I’m not surprised given the city I live in,” she said. “It’s not good.

Danielle Covello was surprised when she saw city prices were sitting around $1.40 per litre Wednesday. “But I’m not surprised given the city I live in,” she said. “It’s not good.

Mayor Keith Hobbs said the writing’s been on the wall for a year or more, and the message probably isn’t a good one for Thunder Bay.

While the local Crime Stoppers has adopted a Facebook page, the organization isn’t ready to venture into the world of hashtags and tweets. The Thunder Bay Crime Stoppers created their Facebook page last fall.

MP John Rafferty says he is sure his pitch to take on an advisory role for Northern Ontario and mid-Canada didn’t fall on deaf ears.

Cuts to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has biologist Rob Foster worried. Ontario’s 2012 budget, revealed last week, contains numerous planned cuts for the ministry.