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Toronto city council hit the brakes on Mayor Rob Ford’s transit plans following a special council meeting Wednesday. Toronto’s city council passed a motion by TTC chair Karen Stintz that would keep light-rail lines above ground.

For the second time in less than a week, Thunder Bay Fire and Rescue have had to respond to people being out on the ice. Firefighters responded to a call about two men out on the ice near Marina Park on Wednesday.

Joan McDonnell told a murder trial jury that she remembered her neighbour and friend Bill Atkins grab Andre Wareham and wrestled him to the ground.

The victim of an early Wednesday morning stabbing remains in the hospital, but is now listed as being in good condition.

City police are investigating a hit and run that took place on the corner of Windemere and Van Norman Streets Monday afternoon. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say the incident took place at about 4 p.m.

The president of the Lakehead University Student Union says the province’s much-touted tuition rebate program is not nearly enough to keep students out of the poorhouse.

Mayor Keith Hobbs and Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce president Harold Wilson say while the 2011 census shows the city’s population has receded since 2006, there are plenty of positive indicators suggesting the city is on the grow.

The city needs to do more to keep its costs down some residents say while others want the city to spend. Council heard seven deputations during its pre-budget consultation meeting Tuesday night.

Thunder Bay paramedics can now save more lives by diagnosing heart attacks in the field.

A Thunder Bay boy is being called a hero in the eyes of Canada's Governor General, after coming to his grandmother's aid following a car accident in July 2011.