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The public will get its first chance to interact with candidates for the upcoming municiapal election at a series of open forums being staged by the Thunder Bay District Labour Council this week.

A Cat Lake man died after being arrested Thursday, and officers with the OPP are now investigating.

Maria Bilyk is a good listener. The 83-year-old-grandmother spent a good portion of her life as a volunteer with the Auxiliary to St. Joseph’s Care Group. She joined the Auxiliary in 1949 but began volunteering a year later.

Police say they killed a bear that wandered into a residence backyard on Saturday. Thunder Bay Police Service received a call about a bear that wandered into a Ridgeway Street East residence around 7 p.m.

For Chris Frazer, playing the iconic John Lennon is the answer to a lifelong fascination. “I don’t know anyone who discovers the Beatles and picks up a guitar and doesn’t wonder what it was like having the experience the Beatles did,” he said.

Farming has always been a part of Alex Vanasky’s life. The 83-year-old great grandfather grew up on a dairy farm in Blake Township and often helped with chores from tilling the land to feeding the cows.

Pickets are staying strong as they wrap up their fourth week on the strike lines at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.

Nominations are closed and the race begins as the last candidates for this fall’s municipal election filed their papers Friday afternoon. Colin Burridge entered his name for mayor in a now six-way race for the city’s top job.

The city says its excited about information it received during two months of public consultation about constructing a new multiplex arena.

Five people were sent to hospital after a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of High Street and Red River Road Friday afternoon. The cars crashed at about 2:30 p.m.