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A plan to build a residence for a local high school would keep students safe, says an education official.

The city has its new crime prevention council co-ordinator.

Port activity this year hasn’t been able to catch up with last year’s numbers, statistics show. Thunder Bay Port Authority figures for October show that 623,000 tonnes of cargo moved through the port last month.

Police in Kenora seized nine pounds of pot, 43 marijuana plants and more than $16,000 during a raid last week.

Paying to lobby the government is just the cost of doing business, says the president of Thunder Bay Hydro.

A water line break forced the closure of most of the buildings at Lakehead University Tuesday afternoon. Officials with the university say crews working beside Lake Tamblyn accidentally ruptured one or more water lines sometime after 3 p.m.

A Thunder Bay Transit driver has been charged for travelling through a red light in connection with a collision that took place last Friday on the city's north side.

A Winnipeg man faces charges in connection with an incident this weekend that claimed the life of a Lake Helen man. The body of 21-year-old Miles Fawcett was found at the Nipigon Bridge around 6:30 a.m. Sunday.

Libraries need to remain relevant in today’s Google-world, said the Thunder Bay Public Library’s head of virtual services. "The website is just essential for us to provide library service these days," said Joanna Aegard.

A group of Hammarskjold High School students will spend the better part of the week behind bars. But these are no juvenile delinquents.