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The dog days of December proved fruitful for the Thunder Bay and District Humane Society.

It is almost time to strap on your skates and head down to an outdoor rink. Workers have begun flooding the surface to make ice. City of Thunder Bay parks manager Paul Fayrick says they should be officially open and supervised on the Dec.

A local website creator hopes that his site will help clean up the city. Brian Jones started Speakuptbay.ca . The idea for the site was inspired by an American made iPhone application.

The odds were about 500-to-1, but a lucky Westgate Collegiate student was the big winner of a free year of tuition at Lakehead University. LU held its Fall Preview Day Tuesday.

A familiar face is returning as chair of the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board. Bob Hupka was elected by his fellow trustees Monday night. Hupka is the longest serving member of the board, and he's been the chair for the past five years.

People looking to let city police know how the force is doing learned Monday that they could do so via an online survey. And, if they want, they can do that same survey over and over again.

Violence against women is still an issue. On Dec. 6, 1989, Marc Lepine opened fire at Montreal’s Ecole Polytechnique, killing 14 women before turning the gun on himself in the worst single-day massacre in Canada’s history.

The Thunder Bay Finnish community marked their home country’s independence with a flag raising ceremony. A Finish flag was placed on top of the Bay Street Finlandia Club for the first time in more than eight decades on Tuesday.

Santa Claus has again traded in his reindeer-drawn sleigh for a Thunder Bay Transit bus. The 17th annual Santa Bus Food Drive kicked off its seasonal fundraiser this week.

Students at Vance Chapman School got a chance to play a different kind of sport in their school gymnasium Tuesday. The program Rocks and Rings began four years ago in Southern Ontario.