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• Snowarama returns on Feb. 10. #tbay ow.ly/1T5x30hbDRj

  12-12-2017 22:51 via twitter.com
  Snowarama returns on Feb. 10. #tbay ow.ly/1T5x30hbDRj
  
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• Contracting agreement signed in Thunder Bay for East-West Tie ... - CBC.ca

  12-12-2017 22:26
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  Contracting agreement signed in Thunder Bay for East-West Tie ...
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  After four long years a contracting agreement for the East-West Tie Transmission Project was signed on Tuesday.and more »
  
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• Contracting agreement signed in Thunder Bay for East-West Tie Transmission

  12-12-2017 22:25 via cbc.ca
  After four long years a contracting agreement for the East-West Tie Transmission Project was signed on Tuesday.
  
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• East-West Tie development pushes forward #tbay ow.ly/KoIk30hbvoX

  12-12-2017 21:39 via twitter.com
  East-West Tie development pushes forward #tbay ow.ly/KoIk30hbvoX
  
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• Thank you to all who helped stuff a cruiser: OPP #tbay ow.ly/shzo30hbqkK

  12-12-2017 20:38 via twitter.com
  Thank you to all who helped stuff a cruiser: OPP #tbay ow.ly/shzo30hbqkK
  
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• Future splash pad locations questioned #tbay ow.ly/26gh30hblYC

  12-12-2017 19:44 via twitter.com
  Future splash pad locations questioned #tbay ow.ly/26gh30hblYC
  
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• Local Planning Appeals Tribunal Replaces OMB

  12-12-2017 18:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  Minister Bill Mauro
  QUEENS PARK – The Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, 2017 will replace the Ontario Municipal Board with the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal, and help ensure that proceedings before the tribunal are faster, fairer and more affordable. The new legislation will also create the free Local Planning Appeal Support Centre, which will provide people across the province with information about the land use planning appeal process, legal and planni
  
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• Ontario passes marijuana law, sets stage for government-run pot shops

  12-12-2017 18:55 via cbc.ca
  Legislation giving Ontario's government a monopoly on recreational marijuana sales passed at Queen's Park on Tuesday.
  
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• LU professor receives an international Field Discovery Award #tbay ow.ly/djDC30hbgh1

  12-12-2017 18:39 via twitter.com
  LU professor receives an international Field Discovery Award #tbay ow.ly/djDC30hbgh1
  
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• Police lay charges in school bus, car collision in Dryden, Ont.

  12-12-2017 18:35 via cbc.ca
  The Dryden Police Service say they have laid charges against two drivers who were involved in a collision between a school bus and a car on Wednesday, Dec. 6.
  
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• OPP adding 'a different twist' to crackdown on distracted driving in transport trucks

  12-12-2017 17:51 via cbc.ca
  Ontario Provincial Police have kicked off a province-wide enforcement blitz aimed at distracted driving by operators of transport trucks and other commercial vehicles.
  
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• Bombardier Inks Deal for 333 New Aventra Vehicles

  12-12-2017 17:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bombardier Aventra Vehicle
  BERLIN – TRANSPORTATION – Bombardier Transportation has signed a contract with Corelink Rail Infrastructure and West Midlands Trains, to supply 333 new BOMBARDIER AVENTRA vehicles for use on the United Kingdom’s West Midlands Trains franchise, together with a maintenance and support services contract. Corelink Rail Infrastructure is a joint venture between Deutsche Asset Management and Infracapital, and West Midlands Trains is a joint ventur
  
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• Another successful Santa Bus Food Drive #tbay ow.ly/lunO30hb9jn

  12-12-2017 17:30 via twitter.com
  Another successful Santa Bus Food Drive #tbay ow.ly/lunO30hb9jn
  
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• Holiday Hero - Greg Stephenson #tbay ow.ly/cSwG30haTh9

  12-12-2017 17:01 via twitter.com
  Holiday Hero - Greg Stephenson #tbay ow.ly/cSwG30haTh9
  
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• OPINION – When a kiss is just a kiss

  12-12-2017 16:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  Fairy tales impart pro-social values and are full of lessons for the young. We do our children no favours when we read lust and sexual assault into them
  By Gerry BowlerSenior FellowFrontier Centre for Public Policy
  WINNIPEG – OPINION- In Casablanca, the greatest movie ever made, Dooley Wilson (as Sam) sings: “You must remember this/ A kiss is just a kiss/ A sigh is just a sigh.”
  Sarah Hall of North Shields, England, would disagree. For her, a kiss, such as that bestowed by the
  
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• Don’t bury globalization, resurrect it

  12-12-2017 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Globalization takes the blame for the world’s many economic and social failures. In fact, it’s the mechanism that can improve life for everyone
  By Constantine PassarisTHUNDER BAY – OPINION – Economic globalization faces a clear and present danger.
  The grumblings about the adverse consequences of globalization, the despair about not sharing in its economic benefits, and the disaffection with the global political and social tensions it has created are real.
  The cacophony o
  
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• Memorandum of Understanding Meeting on Joint Priorities

  12-12-2017 16:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  NATIONAL CHIEF BULLETIN – AFN-Canada Memorandum of Understanding Meeting on Joint Priorities and UN Declaration Update
  OTTAWA – On November 20th, a delegation that included members of the AFN Executive, First Nations Chiefs, regional leadership, Elders and myself met with federal cabinet ministers to discuss joint priorities. This meeting occurred under the AFN-Canada MOU on Joint Priorities, which calls for three meetings a year to assess progress on our shared priorities and confir
  
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• Lakehead University – Dr Matt Tocheri Recognized for Research

  12-12-2017 16:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  Dr. Matt Tocheri, second from right, is pictured at the Liang Bua site with Dr. Thomas Sutikna, third from right.
  THUNDER BAY – Lakehead University’s Dr. Matt Tocheri is being recognized by the Shanghai Archaeology Forum for his research on Homo floresiensis at Liang Bua in Indonesia.
  “It is a great honour to receive a 2017 Field Discovery Award with my collaborator and friend Dr. Thomas Sutikna,” said Dr. Tocheri, Canada Research Chair in Human Origins at Lakehead Univer
  
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• Jean-Paul De Roover releases new rendition of Little Drummer Boy #tbay ow.ly/jG8Q30haXbm

  12-12-2017 16:01 via twitter.com
  Jean-Paul De Roover releases new rendition of Little Drummer Boy #tbay ow.ly/jG8Q30haXbm
  
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• Thunder Bay Queens Visit Paediatric Ward

  12-12-2017 15:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Thunder Bay Queens putting back into Thunder Bay
  THUNDER BAY, ON — This past Wednesday the Thunder Bay Bantam AA Queens visited paediatric unit of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre with lots of toys in tow. “It was very heartwarming to go somewhere with all my best friends and make kids smile,” remarked Queens Captain Kendra Fortin. “It made us all realize how fortunate we are to be healthy young girls and be able to play sports
  
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• Forest Resilience Study Produces Sobering Results

  12-12-2017 15:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  DENVER – FORESTRY – The forests you see today are not what you will see in the future. That’s the overarching finding from a new study on the resilience of Rocky Mountain forests, led by Colorado State University. While the study included research gathered from the United States, the findings are likely to impact Canadian forests as well.
  Researchers analyzed data from nearly 1,500 sites in five states — Colorado, Wyoming, Washington, Idaho, and Montana — and measur
  
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• Shining Spotlight on Slavery with Dance Helps Survivors

  12-12-2017 15:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  One in five people in Britain have never heard of modern-day slavery
  By Kieran Guilbert
  LONDON – (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Grabbed, groped and thrown to the ground, the young woman adopts the foetal position as the four female attackers loom over her.
  Dragged, kicked and strangled, the woman goes limp, drawing gasps from the audience as she lies lifeless on the stage.
  For the victim and her abusers are in fact performers, using theatre and dance to shock their spectators and thr
  
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• Wisconsin man fined $3K for fishing offences #tbay ow.ly/s1qb30haR2i

  12-12-2017 15:03 via twitter.com
  Wisconsin man fined $3K for fishing offences #tbay ow.ly/s1qb30haR2i
  
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• Surviving the Stresses of the Christmas Holiday Season

  12-12-2017 14:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  What is your favourite classic Christmas movie or show?
  THUNDER BAY – While for many people, the holiday season is a time for peace on Earth and goodwill toward men. For yet others, there are massive stresses, dealing with family strife and stress, dealing with trying to live up to the false expectations of the season, or for many more dealing with loneliness creates higher suicide rates.
  Loyola Medicine psychologist Michael Hakimi, PsyD, who specializes in stress and anxiety manageme
  
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• OPP safely locates 28-year old Kenora woman

  12-12-2017 14:41 via cbc.ca
  Ontario Provincial Police officers in Kenora, Ont. are asking for the public's help in locating a 28-year old northwestern Ontario woman.
  
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• Kenora OPP search for 28-year old woman

  12-12-2017 14:41 via cbc.ca
  Ontario Provincial Police officers in Kenora, Ont. are asking for the public's help in locating a 28-year old northwestern Ontario woman.
  
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• Holiday Hero - Krista Vescio #tbay ow.ly/MT2c30haNNR

  12-12-2017 14:30 via twitter.com
  Holiday Hero - Krista Vescio #tbay ow.ly/MT2c30haNNR
  
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• Good morning, Thunder Bay! #tbay ow.ly/wLQm30haMlV

  12-12-2017 14:01 via twitter.com
  Good morning, Thunder Bay! #tbay ow.ly/wLQm30haMlV
  
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• Defence, Crown rest cases in J.P. Levesque trial

  12-12-2017 13:48 via cbc.ca
  The Crown and defence both rested their cases Monday afternoon in the trial for Thunder Bay Police Chief J.P. Levesque.
  
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• Ontario NDP blasts government over Thunder Bay jail, says facility remains a 'powder keg' - CBC.ca

  12-12-2017 13:31
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  Ontario NDP blasts government over Thunder Bay jail, says facility remains a 'powder keg'
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  The Ontario NDP is taking aim at the provincial government over how long it's taking to build a facility to replace a nearly-century-old jail in Thunder Bay, Ont. During question period at Queen's Park Monday morning, New Democrat leader Andrea Horwath ...and more »
  
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• Ontario NDP blasts government over Thunder Bay jail, says facility remains a 'powder keg'

  12-12-2017 13:30 via cbc.ca
  The Ontario NDP is taking aim at the provincial government over how long it's taking to build a facility to replace a nearly-century-old jail in Thunder Bay, Ont.
  
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• Thunder Bay Shelter House board seeks 'the whole package' for new leader

  12-12-2017 13:09 via cbc.ca
  The chair of the board for Shelter House in Thunder Bay, Ont., says the not-for-profit shelter expects to have a new executive director in place early in 2018.
  
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• Shelter House in Thunder Bay, Ont., expects to have new executive director early in 2018

  12-12-2017 13:09 via cbc.ca
  The chair of the board for Shelter House in Thunder Bay, Ont., says the not-for-profit shelter expects to have a new executive director in place early in 2018.
  
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• Are Kathleen Wynne's Liberals really way behind in the polls?

  12-12-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  The Ontario election race might be a whole lot closer than you think.
  
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• The city's proposed new taxi bylaw one step closer to implementation. #tbay #tbcc ow.ly/L7N930haotP

  12-12-2017 06:37 via twitter.com
  The city's proposed new taxi bylaw one step closer to implementation. #tbay #tbcc ow.ly/L7N930haotP
  
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• Levesque trial concludes with closing arguments. ow.ly/3PFp30ha6DD

  12-12-2017 02:18 via twitter.com
  Levesque trial concludes with closing arguments. ow.ly/3PFp30ha6DD
  
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• How do you get over 40,000 pounds of food to remote First Nations communities?

  12-12-2017 00:00 via cbc.ca
  How do you send over 40,000 pounds of food to six remote First Nation communities? It’s no easy task according to Volker Kromm, executive director of the Regional Food Distribution Association (RFDA).
  
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