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The city is being asked to forgive one loan and give another grant for local training facilities. The Thunder Bay Region Protective and Emergency Training Services Corporation was loaned $572,000 by the city in 2008.

A new hotel will be moving to Thunder Bay after being approved by city council Monday. Construction on the 140-room, five-storey Marriott will begin this spring across the parking lot from the Superstore.

The Thunder Bay Police Service All Stars will face off against the OPP All Stars at the annual Crime Stoppers hockey game. Both police services as well as members from the other policing services will lace up for the 23rd annual Charity Hockey Game.

Another vehicle crash along Broadway Avenue has at least one resident concerned for the safety of his family.

A local woman who worked on behalf of the Conservative Party says she sent voters to the wrong polling stations across Canada during the last federal election. Vivian Desgagnes worked for Responsive Marketing Group Inc.

A new hotel proposed for Thunder Bay's Intercity area will be up for debate at city hall Monday night. Southern Ontario based Thompson Centres Inc.

Another snowstorm, like the one that struck the city Sunday night, might have Thunder Bay in its crosshairs. Up to 32 centimetres of snow was dumped on the region Sunday night into Monday morning.

Police have arrested and charged a man with assault following a Sunday morning incident at a local hotel. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say officers attended the Landmark Inn at about 5 a.m. Sunday.

The owner of Atikokan's Quetico centre is looking for a new owner, and is hoping to find someone with the right business idea. John Barrett purchased the property in 2006 to save it from becoming a trailer park.

After being shut down for more than three months, the Global Sticks plant in Oliver-Paipoonge is preparing to call back its employees in early March.