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MP Bruce Hyer thinks lowering passport fees in Canada and the U.S. will stimulate tourism in both countries.

The trees in Thunder Bay aren’t going to start budding today, or even six weeks from now, despite what Canadian groundhogs are predicting, says a local climatologist.

City police officers say no charges will be laid in connection with a car and pedestrian collision that took place Wednesday evening. The incident was reported around 6 p.m. on Cumberland Street, near the Marina Park overpass.

Police have found the rightful owner of an urn that was missing since at least July, 2011. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service announced Thursday morning that they were looking for the owner of some cremated remains they had found.

A Thunder Bay couple has an extra $980,000 in the bank. OLG announced Thursday morning that local couple Allan Maki and Darlene Maki snagged $983,016 in the Jan. 221 Lottario draw.

Party sanctions against Thunder Bay’s two NDP MPs are still in place, but both area Parliament members assure constituents that there’s still a lot of work for them to do.

A Crown attorney told a provincial court that the actions of a city police constable facing charges of breach of trust caused inaccuracies in the Sex Offender Registry.

A city councillor says the city’s problem with prostitution will not be solved overnight. Coun. Paul Pugh, whose McKellar ward encompasses both downtown cores, said prostitution is an ongoing issue in the city.

Officials with the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre say they've received some interesting feedback from their two smoking enforcement public meetings.

Maggie Ryan is $70,000 in debt and still working toward her bachelor of arts degree. Michael Snoddon owes $38,000 and counting. David Briand has to pay back $30,000 and he’s only in his third year of a civil engineering degree program.