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Sweeping for change

Sweeping for change

Children with mental health issues need help immediately. Right now in Thunder Bay, youth suffering from mental illness have to wait up to nine months before they can access the services of the Children’s Centre Foundation Thunder Bay.
High school using in-house program to combat oxy problem

High school using in-house program to combat oxy problem

Looking to nip a growing oxycodone problem in the bud, Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School officials have created an in-house solution designed to wean students off the powerful narcotic.
Windy compromise

Windy compromise

The city reached a potential compromise with Horizon Wind Inc. that could mean the end of a $126 million lawsuit.
Internship investments keeping more youth in the area

Internship investments keeping more youth in the area

Tyler Rea has seen many of his fellow graduates head out west for gainful employment.

First Nation leader pleased with archeological dig

Excavation work on a 9,000 year old archeological site near the Mackenzie Inn is expected to resume shortly after the snow melts.
Second search

Second search

Police restarted their underwater search for a missing 15-year-old teen Thursday. Jordan Wabasse was last seen Feb. 7 getting off a city transit bus in Westfort.

OPSEU not happy with NOSM layoff announcements

Union officials say a move to layoff support workers at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine directly violates provisions in their contract.
New transit deal could mean less work for local Bombardier plant

New transit deal could mean less work for local Bombardier plant

It’s not a happy day for transit riders in Toronto and workers at the local Bombardier plant, said a local union official. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty announced Thursday a $12.

Report tries to find cause of youths ending up on streets

Brian Aysanabee was homeless off and on from the age of 16 until he was 23. Now 27, the Thunder Bay youth said he slowly worked his way off the streets and now works for the Regional Multicultural Youth Centre.
100K club grows

100K club grows

The city has hit triple digits for employees making six figure salaries. The Ministry of Finance’s 2011 Public Sector Salary Disclosure , known to many as the sunshine list, shows 115 City of Thunder Bay employees made $100,000 or more in 2010.
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