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The spirit of the Olympics burned in the hearts of local torchbearers as the flame came through town over the weekend. The Olympic Torch Relay came to Thunder Bay during its trek across the country. The flame was in Sault Ste.

A deal to have Bombardier Transportation Canada build 204 state-of-the-art streetcars for the Toronto Transit Commission was officially inked in June. Getting the funding that led to the project, however, was a tense and bumpy ride.

A Nipigon OPP officer is released from hospital after the vehicle he was in was hit by a tractor trailer. The officer was on the side of the road for a traffic stop on Highway 11, in the Orient Bay area at 2:15 p.m. on Saturday.

An eight pound, nine ounces girl is the first baby to be born in Northwestern Ontario in 2010. Lindsay Yellowhead, 23, gave birth to Briar at 6:25 a.m. in the Thunder Bay Regional Health Science Centre on Friday.

A vehicle fire has cause some smoke damage to a Lakehead University building. Thunder Bay Fire and Rescue Service were called to bring a fire inside a half-ton truck under control in the University’s service areas at 8:48 p.m. on Friday.

Thunder Bay Police Services received no major incidents over New Years. No detailed information is available, but police were called to 285 incidents over the weekend.

The world watched earlier this year after a Thunder Bay man jumped in a Confederation College plane and went on an unauthorized flight across three U.S. states. The rogue flight into U.S.

In 2008, Thunder Bay boasted a murder-free year. It was clear within the first month of 2009 that the city wouldn’t repeat its fortunes. By the end of the year city police had six homicide investigations on the books.