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• Police, hotel staff rescue dog from hot car #tbay tbnewswatch.com/local-news/pol…

  28-07-2017 23:27 via twitter.com
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• Citizenship ceremony welcomes 23 new Canadians #tbay ow.ly/Ajmx30dZOLN

  28-07-2017 21:41 via twitter.com
  Citizenship ceremony welcomes 23 new Canadians #tbay ow.ly/Ajmx30dZOLN
  
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• 10 people charged in Longlac methamphetamine investigation, says OPP

  28-07-2017 21:03 via cbc.ca
  Ontario Provincial Police have charged 10 people from the northern Ontario communities of Longlac and Kapuskasing after a two-month investigation into methamphetamine trafficking.
  
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• Different kind of tooth fairy: northern Ontario dentist makes 5th trip to Jamaican homeland

  28-07-2017 19:06 via cbc.ca
  A dentist who has practiced in several communities in northwestern Ontario has just returned from his most recent humanitarian trip to Jamaica, the country where he was born and raised.
  
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• Minister of Northern Development and Mines Michael Gravelle plans to run again in 2018. tbnewswatch.com/local-news/gra… #tbay #onpoli

  28-07-2017 18:42 via twitter.com
  Minister of Northern Development and Mines Michael Gravelle plans to run again in 2018. tbnewswatch.com/local-news/gra… #tbay #onpoli
  
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• Reported drug seizure at Fort Severn airport leads to charges, says NAPS

  28-07-2017 18:14 via cbc.ca
  A 33-year-old Fort Severn First Nation woman is facing drug trafficking charges after Nishnawbe Aski police said they seized Ritalin and Suboxone at the community's airport.
  
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• Eleven arrested following OPP drug bust #tbay ow.ly/Sw5E30dZrtt

  28-07-2017 17:57 via twitter.com
  Eleven arrested following OPP drug bust #tbay ow.ly/Sw5E30dZrtt
  
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• Canada's longest-standing First Nations boil water advisory will end in 2018, Liberals say

  28-07-2017 17:25 via cbc.ca
  The Liberal government says it will spend $8.8 million to upgrade, renovate and improve the water plant in Neskantaga First Nation, a northern Ontario community that has been without safe tap water since 1995.
  
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• Summit the board game launches at Gameshelf #tbay ow.ly/IxZm30dZkKH

  28-07-2017 17:07 via twitter.com
  Summit the board game launches at Gameshelf #tbay ow.ly/IxZm30dZkKH
  
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• Atikokan woman nabbed for impaired driving #tbay ow.ly/wC1430dZbnQ

  28-07-2017 16:01 via twitter.com
  Atikokan woman nabbed for impaired driving #tbay ow.ly/wC1430dZbnQ
  
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• Residents raise concern over aerial spraying #tbay ow.ly/BZfB30dZ5n6

  28-07-2017 15:08 via twitter.com
  Residents raise concern over aerial spraying #tbay ow.ly/BZfB30dZ5n6
  
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• Summer Literacy Camps Will Assist Indigenous Youth to Greater Success

  28-07-2017 15:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  EDMONTON – EDUCATION – The Alberta government are supporting summer literacy camps that will help hundreds of Indigenous students build their literacy and numeracy skills so they can have greater success in school.
  The camps are being offered to Indigenous students in 14 communities across Alberta this summer through Frontier College, a national charitable literacy organization. The camps and additional supports for students are being made possible through a $1.6 million grant o
  
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• Shame Silences Sex Trafficking Victims in Equador

  28-07-2017 14:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  By Anastasia Moloney
  BOGOTA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hundreds of indigenous people, including children, across Ecuador are being trafficked each year but few victims come forward because of shame and fear and little is known about the true scale of the problem, campaigners say.
  In Ecuador, the most common form of human trafficking involves women and girls forced into sex work, with indigenous women and children and migrants especially targeted.
  Traffickers prey on poor indigenous fa
  
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• Letter to the Editor: Karnival on the Kam success #tbay ow.ly/glwN30dYZ5Z

  28-07-2017 14:03 via twitter.com
  Letter to the Editor: Karnival on the Kam success #tbay ow.ly/glwN30dYZ5Z
  
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• Cruise ships returning to Thunder Bay port - Thunder Bay - CBC News - CBC.ca

  28-07-2017 13:31
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  After a several-year absence, Thunder Bay, Ont.'s Pool 6 dock will once again host a cruise ship next summer.and more »
  
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• Cruise ships returning to Thunder Bay port - CBC.ca

  28-07-2017 13:31
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  Cruise ships returning to Thunder Bay port
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  After a several-year absence, Thunder Bay, Ont.'s Pool 6 dock will once again host a cruise ship next summer. The newly-commissioned Victory II, which is owned by Victory Cruise Lines, will visit Thunder Bay in late July, 2018, said Paul Pepe, the city ...and more »
  
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• Thunder Bay, Ont., to welcome first cruise ship since 2012 next summer

  28-07-2017 13:30 via cbc.ca
  After a several-year absence, Thunder Bay, Ont.'s Pool 6 dock will once again host a cruise ship next summer.
  
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• Materials shortage delays construction at St Joseph's East Wing expansion

  28-07-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  A major construction project in Thunder Bay, Ont., has been delayed in part because of a general contractor's inability to secure materials for the job.
  
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• Northwestern Ontario First Nation says it wasn't notified after acid spilled into nearby Rainy River

  28-07-2017 12:30 via cbc.ca
  A sulfuric acid spill at a mill in International Falls, Minn., continues to cause concern for communities downstream on the Rainy River.
  
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• International Sailing Race Set for Saturday in Grand Marais

  28-07-2017 06:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  Grand Marais – Regional – A yacht race that covers 77 nautical miles will begin in Grand Marais Harbor on Saturday morning.
  There will be a skippers meeting at 11 a.m. near the Grand Marais Coast Guard Station. Then the nine sailboats, ranging between 30 and 40 feet long, will line up near Grand Marais’ famous light house pier.
  Fleet Captain of the Thunder Bay Yacht Club Bob Vander Ploeg says it will be quite a spectacle to witness the boats leaving the harbor. They a
  
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• Border Cats win in extras, Kevin Biondich leading the way at the plate and on the mound. tbnewswatch.com/local-news/bio…

  28-07-2017 06:38 via twitter.com
  Border Cats win in extras, Kevin Biondich leading the way at the plate and on the mound. tbnewswatch.com/local-news/bio…
  
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• RCMP Offer Tips to Protect Pets from Coyotes

  28-07-2017 06:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  Coyotes
  St. Albert, AB – For several years now, St. Albert RCMP have periodically received reports of cats found dead and cut open. In 2015 and again in 2016, St. Albert RCMP sent two different cat remains for a necropsy at the University of Alberta by the Chief Veterinarian.  A necropsy is a postmortem exam or autopsy on an animal or non-human body.  These cats appeared to be cleanly cut open as if by a knife. In both cases, the necropsy showed that cats were killed b
  
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• Forest Fire Situation Update: Northwest Region – July 27, 2017

  28-07-2017 04:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  MNRF Aircraft at the Dryden Fire Base at the Dryden Municipal Airport
  EIGHT NEW FIRES REPORTED
  THUNDER BAY – WILDFIRE UPDATE – There were eight new forest fires confirmed in the Northwest Region by the evening of July 27 and more reports were being investigated. The fires are mostly in the northern sectors including Red Lake and Nipigon District but there are fires occurring in the south, including the Thunder Bay District.
  By day’s end on July 26 there were five confirmed
  
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• Forest Fire Situation Update – Northeast Fire Region: July 27, 2017

  28-07-2017 04:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  COCHRANE – Time of Report 17:15 – One new fire was discovered in the evening of July 26. Cochrane 20 is not under control at 4 hectares. By the afternoon of July 27, one new fire has been discovered. Hearst 3 is not under control at 0.2 of a hectare.
  There are currently 14 active fires in the region, eleven of which are being observed in the far north for ecological benefits. Kirkland Lake 4 is under control at 4 hectares.
  The fire hazard is low to moderate across the region.
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• Drug Charges Follow Traffic Stop on O’Chiese First Nation

  28-07-2017 03:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Rocky Mountain House, Alberta – On July 26, 2017, an alert RCMP officer working on the O’Chiese First Nation observed a Ford Expedition being driven by an adult female who has many previous convictions for driving while disqualified. The vehicle was pulled over and the arresting officer located numerous different types of prescription drugs and illegal narcotics in her possession. The investigation revealed the driver had allegedly been trafficking drugs prior to the police stop
  
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• Prime Minister Trudeau to Visit Kenora on Friday

  28-07-2017 03:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks with First Nations leaders and delegates at the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council in Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan, Canada on April 26, 2016. REUTERS/David Stobbe
  KENORA – On behalf of the residents of the Kenora riding,the HonourableBob Nault, Member of Parliament (Kenora riding), welcomes the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau to Kenora on Friday, July 28, 2017:
  “This Friday, I’m happy to say that Prime Minister Justin Trud
  
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