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A late night tentative agreement averted another strike at Thunder Bay’s Bombardier plant. Members with the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union reached a tentative agreement with the company Friday night.

A winter wonderland helped to bring in the holiday spirit even more when Santa Claus came to town. Hundreds of anxious children waited along the sidewalk of Memorial Avenue in anticipation of the jolly old elf in red on Saturday.

If something goes bump in the night, chances are the Thunder Bay Paranormal Society is on the case. The team, made up of seven members, works to debunk paranormal activities that is believed to happen throughout the city.

The future of a local wood product company seems uncertain.

There have already been more than 35 vehicle collisions in the city as of 3 p.m. Friday, the first day of winter driving this season. “A lot of people try to blame the weather for the fact they get into a collision,” said traffic Sgt.

Superior North EMS paramedics and a nurse practitioner are being hailed as heroes after saving a pregnant woman’s baby from near certain death. On Tuesday paramedics responded to an obstetrical emergency transfer from Nipigon to Thunder Bay.

A Schreiber OPP officer has pleaded guilty to a pair of criminal charges following a series of incidents that occurred last year. 41-year-old Const.

A local ski hill has been fined $70,000 following the death of an 18-year-old man there in 2009. Jordan Duchene and his father Kenneth were doing roof repairs with an aluminum ladder at Loch Lomond Ski Area on Sept.

Brian Stevenson’s top priority is to increase Aboriginal enrollment at Lakehead University.

Matawa chiefs are taking their Ring of Fire dispute to their people.