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• Intersection of Algoma Street and Egan Street to close temporarily #tbay ow.ly/rnN030gemEZ

  30-10-2017 23:30 via twitter.com
  Intersection of Algoma Street and Egan Street to close temporarily #tbay ow.ly/rnN030gemEZ
  
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• Thunder Bay Art Gallery shortlisted for provincial exhibition award - The Chronicle Journal

  30-10-2017 23:17 via chroniclejournal.com
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  Thunder Bay Art Gallery shortlisted for provincial exhibition award
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  The Thunder Bay Art Gallery is shortlisted for a major award from the Ontario Association of Art Galleries (OAAG). Selected from four nominations, the Thunder Bay gallery has made the official selection for the Exhibition of the Year Budget Under $20 ...
  
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• He was sentenced to 2 1/2 years. fb.me/HJZZx1VA

  30-10-2017 22:35 via twitter.com
  He was sentenced to 2 1/2 years. fb.me/HJZZx1VA
  
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• Hungry kids in Thunder Bay, Ont. need more help - CBC.ca

  30-10-2017 22:27 via cbc.ca
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  Hungry kids in Thunder Bay, Ont. need more help
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  For as little as three dollars a week, a child in Thunder Bay, Ont. doesn't have to worry about going hungry on the weekend. Amina Abu-Bukare runs a program called Isthmus here in northwestern Ontario. Formerly known as Blessings in a Backpack, Bukare ...
  Fredericton bank robbery suspect arrested in Thunder Bay, Ont.Globalnews.caall 3 news articles »
  
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• Hungry kids in Thunder Bay, Ont. need more help

  30-10-2017 22:25 via cbc.ca
  There are one hundred hungry children in one school waiting for enough food for the weekend. No, not in a third world country, rather right here in Thunder Bay, Ont.
  
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• Extortion case involving Thunder Bay mayor moves to November

  30-10-2017 22:22 via cbc.ca
  An extortion case involving Thunder Bay's mayor, his wife, and another city resident is due back in court today.
  
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• Cozy Corner, the long-time neighbourhood business, shuts down. ow.ly/5UWu30geuL5

  30-10-2017 21:54 via twitter.com
  Cozy Corner, the long-time neighbourhood business, shuts down. ow.ly/5UWu30geuL5
  
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• Mauro answers back critics. fb.me/9jpjqCvAw

  30-10-2017 21:48 via twitter.com
  Mauro answers back critics. fb.me/9jpjqCvAw
  
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• Lakehead University chosen for study to reduce student hunger. ow.ly/R1Ex30geqzx

  30-10-2017 21:10 via twitter.com
  Lakehead University chosen for study to reduce student hunger. ow.ly/R1Ex30geqzx
  
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• A museum in northwestern Ontario receives national recognition

  30-10-2017 20:54 via cbc.ca
  The Atikokan Centennial Museum has received a prestigious provincial award, earlier this month, from the Ontario Museum Association.
  
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• Helping Indigenous women with circles of care #tbay ow.ly/8nwO30gelkM

  30-10-2017 20:24 via twitter.com
  Helping Indigenous women with circles of care #tbay ow.ly/8nwO30gelkM
  
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• US and THEM film screens in Thunder Bay - Wawatay News

  30-10-2017 20:14 via wawataynews.ca
  US and THEM film screens in Thunder Bay
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  US and THEM film director Krista Loughton screened her film about four homeless people and her relationship with them over 10 years on Oct. 25 at the Finlandia Hall in Thunder Bay. Photo by: Rick Garrick. US and THEM film director Krista Loughton was ...
  
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• Algoma and Egan Street – Road Closure Nov 1-2

  30-10-2017 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Work on the watermain at the intersection of Algoma and Egan Street will start on November 1st and is expected to be completed by November 2nd.
  THUNDER BAY – ROADS – The intersection of Algoma Street and Egan Street will be closed to traffic due to storm sewer work.
  Construction is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 9 am, and is expected to be complete by end of day Thursday, Nov. 2.
  The intersection will be closed to through traffic, however alternate routes are availa
  
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• Fredericton bank robbery suspect arrested in Thunder Bay, Ont.

  30-10-2017 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  Jeffrey Gorsline was arrested by the Ontario Provincial Police in Thunder Bay on Monday. 
  
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• RIDE Program and Police Enforcement Results in Over Eighty Arrests

  30-10-2017 20:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  THUNDER BAY – Impaired drivers tried to trick Thunder Bay Police over the weekend. Instead, there were arrests made of five impaired drivers and over eighty arrested made on the weekend. The treat for those in Thunder Bay choosing to drive safely was getting those impaired drivers off the streets.
  Thunder Bay Police were out conducting RIDE (Reduce Impaired Drivers Everywhere) stops Friday and Saturday evening.
  The following are the frightening results of those stops:
  5 – Impaired /
  
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• 12 Year Old Driver Caught By Police | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/E96MXqbg

  30-10-2017 19:52 via twitter.com
  12 Year Old Driver Caught By Police | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/E96MXqbg
  
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• OPP Warning Public of ongoing CRA Scam

  30-10-2017 19:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  Telephone Scams Seek Your Money
  ELLIOT LAKE – Simply put, the CRA doesn’t make telephone calls demanding that people pay them via Money Gram, Western Union, or electronic money transfer. Yet repeatedly police across Canada find victims of various scams. On October 27, 2017, members
  The Ontario Provincial Police report that on October 27, 2017, members of the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment received over 20 phone calls, four walk-in complaints, and over the wee
  
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• City administration recommends $50,000 for Magnus Theatre upgrades #tbay ow.ly/vLLT30geeTs

  30-10-2017 19:21 via twitter.com
  City administration recommends $50,000 for Magnus Theatre upgrades #tbay ow.ly/vLLT30geeTs
  
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• Hundreds still off the grid due to last week's storm #tbay ow.ly/5bKG30geaoE

  30-10-2017 18:39 via twitter.com
  Hundreds still off the grid due to last week's storm #tbay ow.ly/5bKG30geaoE
  
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• OPP investigate after man found dead in northwestern Ontario - CBC.ca

  30-10-2017 18:19 via cbc.ca
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  OPP investigate after man found dead in northwestern Ontario
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  Ontario Provincial Police officers in Thunder Bay, Ont. say a 57-year-old man from Illinois was found dead Saturday in an old farmhouse in Northwestern Ontario. According to a written release, the man had been reported missing by his neighbours on Oct. 28.and more »
  
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• OPP investigate after man found dead in northwestern Ontario

  30-10-2017 18:16 via cbc.ca
  Ontario Provincial Police officers in Thunder Bay, Ont. say a 57-year-old man from Illinois was found dead Saturday in an old farmhouse in Northwestern Ontario.
  
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• No Foul Play In Death Of Missing Man | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/Ap86NrJO

  30-10-2017 17:27 via twitter.com
  No Foul Play In Death Of Missing Man | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/Ap86NrJO
  
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• Police stop 12-year-old driving with friends over a busy Halloween weekend. tbnewswatch.com/local-news/12-…

  30-10-2017 17:26 via twitter.com
  Police stop 12-year-old driving with friends over a busy Halloween weekend. tbnewswatch.com/local-news/12-…
  
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• OPP investigates death of a man found in Red Lake, Ont.

  30-10-2017 17:18 via cbc.ca
  Ontario Provincial police officers in Red Lake, Ont. are asking the public for any information in the investigation of a deceased man found on Oct. 29.
  
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• Carbon dioxide levels grew at record pace in 2016, U.N. says

  30-10-2017 17:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  A United Nations logo is seen on a glass door in the Assembly Building at the United Nations headquarters in New York City September 18, 2015. Reuters photographer Mike Segar
  Current levels not seen for 3 million years
  * CO2 levels hit 403.3 ppm, 45 pct above pre-industrial era
  * CO2 was in 180-280 ppm range for hundreds of thousands of years
  * Current levels not seen for 3 million years – U.N. bulletin
  * Emissions hit record, ministers to meet in Bonn next month
  By Tom Miles
  GENEVA, (Reut
  
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• Joseph Weis dies in house under demolition #tbay ow.ly/q7bL30gdXsQ

  30-10-2017 16:52 via twitter.com
  Joseph Weis dies in house under demolition #tbay ow.ly/q7bL30gdXsQ
  
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• Anishinabek Education System Hires Kelly Crawford as Education Director

  30-10-2017 16:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  Kelly Crawford is the new Education Director
  Nipissing FN – EDUCATION – Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee congratulates the newly hired Education Director for the Anishinabek Education System.
  Kelly Crawford, citizen of M’Chigeeng First Nation, will begin her new role at the end of November.  Crawford had positions as the Education Team Lead overseeing Grades K to 12 At Kenjgewin Teg Educational Institute in M’Chigeeng and she is a faculty liais
  
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• Missing Male Located Deceased inside Residence

  30-10-2017 16:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  THUNDER BAY – NEWS – On Saturday, October 28, 2017, officers from the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a missing male in Lybster Township. Neighbours had contacted police after not having heard from the male for several days.
  The OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), Lakehead Search and Rescue and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry helicopter conducted a search of the area.
  On October 29, Joseph WEIS, 57 years of age, fro
  
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• OPP investigate death in Red Lake #tbay ow.ly/DOkm30gdRFP

  30-10-2017 16:12 via twitter.com
  OPP investigate death in Red Lake #tbay ow.ly/DOkm30gdRFP
  
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• Police called to Red Lake over body discovered fb.me/3TUKVWMM8

  30-10-2017 16:09 via twitter.com
  Police called to Red Lake over body discovered fb.me/3TUKVWMM8
  
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• November at the Thunder Bay Public Library

  30-10-2017 16:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  Thunder Bay Public Library
  THUNDER BAY – There is always something going on at the Thunder Bay Public Library.
  THUNDER BAY PUBLIC LIBRARY EVENTS NOVEMBER 2017
  The Thunder Bay Public Library is a non-profit organization. Our charitable registration number is #11925 9075 RR0001All library locations will be closed on Saturday, November 11 & Monday, November 13 for Remembrance Day.
  All locations are wheelchair accessibleWebsite/Online Catalogue available 24/7 @ www.tbpl.ca
  Please check the
  
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• Local community organizations receive $259K in Rotary funding #tbay ow.ly/VJoi30gdQaG

  30-10-2017 16:01 via twitter.com
  Local community organizations receive $259K in Rotary funding #tbay ow.ly/VJoi30gdQaG
  
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• OPP charge two males for reportedly stealing cattle

  30-10-2017 15:28 via cbc.ca
  Police say they heard gun shots near the scene of Saturday's single motor vehicle accident involving a transport truck carrying cattle.
  
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• Glance at Crime: 32 thefts, 23 assaults #tbay ow.ly/EUR230gdI9u

  30-10-2017 15:03 via twitter.com
  Glance at Crime: 32 thefts, 23 assaults #tbay ow.ly/EUR230gdI9u
  
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• Wynne makes it official.... she wants the job again fb.me/PDGbM9nq

  30-10-2017 14:46 via twitter.com
  Wynne makes it official.... she wants the job again fb.me/PDGbM9nq
  
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• Canadian Screen Awards: Peter Mansbridge, Karyn Pugliese, Margaret Atwood to be honoured

  30-10-2017 14:03 via cbc.ca
  Novelist and poet Margaret Atwood, retired CBC News correspondent Peter Mansbridge and APTN's Karyn Pugliese will be part of a class of special award honourees at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards.
  
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• Cure-all claims for marijuana up in smoke?

  30-10-2017 13:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  Despite the fanfare, the medical benefits of marijuana remain experimental for many conditions
  By Scott McLeodCALGARY – LIVING – Many Canadians can hardly wait for the day the recreational use of marijuana becomes legal. As a medical doctor, I’m far less enthusiastic. I worry about two things: the experimental nature of marijuana in medical practice and the public health consequences of legalized marijuana.
  Before you write me off as overly prudish or an anti-marijuana conserva
  
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• Listening with your eyes

  30-10-2017 13:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  When your business colleague stops looking at you, she is “saying” with her eyes that she has, in effect, stopped listening
  By Carol Kinsey GomanCALGARY – You’re at a business event and the colleague you’ve been having an intense conversation with begins to shift her gaze from your face to look around the room. Ever wonder why that makes you feel as if she has stopped listening? You know it’s not logical. A person doesn’t have to look at you to hear you.
  
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• Two men charged with cattle theft #tbay ow.ly/DxFC30gdzeC

  30-10-2017 13:41 via twitter.com
  Two men charged with cattle theft #tbay ow.ly/DxFC30gdzeC
  
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• Two Marathon Men Face Cattle Theft Charges

  30-10-2017 13:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  MARATHON – On Sunday, October 29, 2017, members of the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charged two males after hearing gunshots near the scene of an MVC involving a cattle truck on Saturday, October 28, 2017, west of Marathon on Highway 17, just west of the Little Pic River Bridge.
  A 43-year-old male, Darcy COUGHLAN of Marathon ON was charged with Theft. 43-year-old male Gordon FISHER of Marathon ON was charged with Theft and Careless use of a Firearm. Both were released at t
  
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• Good morning, Thunder Bay! #tbay ow.ly/73tf30gdvEY

  30-10-2017 13:02 via twitter.com
  Good morning, Thunder Bay! #tbay ow.ly/73tf30gdvEY
  
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• Municipal League heard city council structure must change, and replace property tax system with consumption tax fb.me/93Ge3kJ2i

  30-10-2017 13:00 via twitter.com
  Municipal League heard city council structure must change, and replace property tax system with consumption tax fb.me/93Ge3kJ2i
  
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• Lakehead University grad completes cross-Canada run for clean water campaign

  30-10-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  A Lakehead University graduate is celebrating the end of the first phase of a campaign to raise awreness about the clean drinking water crisis faced by Canadian Indigenous communities.
  
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• Topper’s Midget A Queens go 3-1 in Fort Frances

  30-10-2017 12:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  Topper’s Midget A Queens go 3-1 in Fort Frances
  FORT FRANCES, ON – The Thunder Bay Topper’s Midget A Queens played a marathon of four games in 24 hours this weekend at the Scott Clendenning Showcase in Fort Frances.On Friday, both goaltenders were perfect earning a shutout each as Madeline Knauff would backstop the Queens in a 10-0 win over Beaver Brae Broncos – Cassandra Carangi had a 5-point game with a hat trick and two helpers – and then Mya Gowanlock post
  
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• Queens Hockey – Attema & Wills Superior in Superior

  30-10-2017 12:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  Attema & Wills Superior in Superior
  DULUTH, MN/SUPERIOR, WI – The Thunder Bay Peewee Queens took part in a series of 4 exhibition games this weekend in the Superior/Duluth area.The Queens found themselves facing a pretty equal foe in the Hermantown Mirage on Friday night who’d get a late goal in the first period to go up 1-0. Despite the strong play of goaltender Mia Attema, the Queens couldn’t manage a goal of their own, ultimately losing 1-0.Thunder Bay would have a more
  
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• Went to a couple Halloween parties over the weekend and noticed not too many parents dressed up. Do you wear a... fb.me/1lELgZlv0

  30-10-2017 12:39 via twitter.com
  Went to a couple Halloween parties over the weekend and noticed not too many parents dressed up.Do you wear a... fb.me/1lELgZlv0
  
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• Chiefs want First Nations policing declared an essential service - CBC.ca

  30-10-2017 12:31 via cbc.ca
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  Chiefs want First Nations policing declared an essential service
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  The association representing the chiefs of Canada's Indigenous police forces is calling on the federal and provincial governments to make First Nations policing an essential service. The First Nations Chiefs of Police Association passed a resolution at ...
  
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• First Nations policing should be essential service: chiefs association

  30-10-2017 12:30 via cbc.ca
  The association representing the chiefs of Canada's Indigenous police forces is calling on the federal and provincial governments to make First Nations policing an essential service.
  
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• Work on railroad crossing on Memorial to affect traffic for the week fb.me/zBSaaQ0N

  30-10-2017 11:58 via twitter.com
  Work on railroad crossing on Memorial to affect traffic for the week fb.me/zBSaaQ0N
  
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• Just played TLC "No Scrubs" and I can't help think of the movie The Other Guys.... fb.me/2sHvX4lqT

  30-10-2017 11:50 via twitter.com
  Just played TLC "No Scrubs"and I can't help think of the movie The Other Guys.... fb.me/2sHvX4lqT
  
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