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City police have arrested and charged three people following an Oxycodone bust early Thursday morning. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say officers from the city’s guns and gangs unit raided a south-side motel just before 1 a.m.

Rotary House Lottery organizers are erring on the side of caution this year as they select what community groups will be on the receiving end of the 26th annual charity project.

A 15-year-old boy is facing charges following a gun scare at a Thunder Bay High School.

Traffic is back to normal along Central Avenue after a Wednesday morning water main break near Ballpark Road. Supervisor for Water and Sewer North Gerald Luty said the final customer affected had service back by by 11 p.m. Wednesday.

The discontinuation of and possible withdrawals from OxyContin has been a hot topic lately, but it's the idea of users turning to other street drugs which has one high school's detox program worried.

Robin Lacey has given up. The 53-year-old purchased the First United Church on Brock Street in June 2011. He had intended to make the former church into a six apartment building in order to help deal with the city’s homeless issue.

Thunder Bay was not enjoying a housing boom last month – at least from a housing starts perspective. Not one new home start was recorded in February, according to figures released Thursday by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

The recent warm weather has laid a beating on ice rinks across the city. The temperature reached about 6C Wednesday and forced the city to close most of the outdoor rinks.

A nation-wide drug shortage hasn’t affected the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre yet, but it is possible the hospital’s pharmacy manager says.

Dominion Motors employees who have been locked out for nearly a month voted to reject the company’s second proposed contract. The group of 19 parts and service employees voted against the company's second proposed contract on Saturday.