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The epidemic of convenience store robberies continued into early Tuesday morning, this time leaving a store clerk with minor injuries.

For the third time in as many days, a Mac's Convenience Store clerk has found the business end of a syringe pointed at them in a threatening manner. The Mac's on North May Street was hit again on Monday night, just before 7:30 p.m.

A new parkade would be needed in the north core if an event centre moved in, council learned Monday. The suggestion, made by CEI Architecture’s Conrad Boychuk, seemed to be news to both council and administration. Coun.

A Thunder Bay man charged with second-degree murder nearly three years ago is expected to have his case dealt with in the fall. Eric Lindstrom, 40, was arrested in March of 2009 in connection with the death of 36-year-old Richard Ouimet.

When a firearm is pointed at them, police officers can’t take the chance the gun may only be a replica.

Both of city’s post-secondary education institutions hope to attract high school attention during the March break. Lakehead University and Confederation College are offering open houses this week in the hopes of attracting some new students.

A man is in hospital after being struck by a train Monday afternoon. The man was spotted by a passing train near the Marina Park overpass just before 2:30 p.m.

The owner of two rooming homes in Thunder Bay says reports of a shutdown are highly exaggerated. Robert Silvester runs lodging in the former Odd Fella's Temple on South May Street and another site on Park Avenue.

The Thunder Bay District Social Services Administrative Board is inviting local and regional artists to submit an expression of interest to produce new work for a wall in the client services area of the new DSSAB building.

A Kenora man learned Sunday that the seat of a vehicle doesn’t make a good bar stool. Kenora detachment OPP officers received reports of a man drinking beer in his parked vehicle in a downtown Kenora parking lot around 3 p.m. Sunday.