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• Presence of carfentanil confirmed in Thunder Bay. #tbay ow.ly/BT3j30hKtEf

  12-01-2018 22:37 via twitter.com
  Presence of carfentanil confirmed in Thunder Bay. #tbay ow.ly/BT3j30hKtEf
  
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• Police on the lookout for cologne bandit #tbay ow.ly/IHI130hKp6c

  12-01-2018 21:32 via twitter.com
  Police on the lookout for cologne bandit #tbay ow.ly/IHI130hKp6c
  
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• New Dangerous Opioid Found In Thunder Bay | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/9lfLl2g7Z

  12-01-2018 21:12 via twitter.com
  New Dangerous Opioid Found In Thunder Bay | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/9lfLl2g7Z
  
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• Hospital finds home for over-capacity patients #tbay ow.ly/iMrJ30hKlYV

  12-01-2018 20:51 via twitter.com
  Hospital finds home for over-capacity patients #tbay ow.ly/iMrJ30hKlYV
  
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• 'Dangerous' opioid carfentanil detected for first time in Thunder Bay, Ont.

  12-01-2018 20:51 via cbc.ca
  The Thunder Bay District Health Unit said Friday the "dangerous" opioid, carfentanil, has been detected for the first time in the northwestern Ontario city after a laboratory report confirmed a urine sample from a local resident had tested positive for the drug.
  
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• New Dangerous Opioid Found In Thunder Bay | Country 1053 FM fb.me/2AsKdRlLJ

  12-01-2018 20:49 via twitter.com
  New Dangerous Opioid Found In Thunder Bay | Country 1053 FM fb.me/2AsKdRlLJ
  
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• Officials Seeking Solutions to Overcapacity Issues at TBRHSC

  12-01-2018 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Finding the way at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
  THUNDER BAY NEWS – Local health care leaders announced measures to provide relief from uncharacteristically high overcapacity at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (the Hospital). The TBRHSC has been hit hard over recent weeks with capacity issues, along with a heavy hit from people struggling with the flu and other respiratory ailments.
  The local hospital is just one of many hospitals across Ontario experiencing h
  
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• A Rough Start to 2018 – Under The Northern Sky

  12-01-2018 20:21 via feedproxy.google.com
   
  Man with Northern Lights reflection
  by Xavier Kataquapit
  ATTAWAPISKAT – I have been struggling with Influenza A for more than two weeks over Christmas and New Years. This flu is circulating across Canada and has been making people very seriously sick in Southern Ontario and now in the north. I have had serious cases of flu in the past and in particular one that I picked up traveling through Asia and India. That flu took me months to get over.
  This ordeal with this flu has been wicke
  
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• Three-year sentence for Kashechewan breakfast program fraud #tbay ow.ly/cOAF30hKfMW

  12-01-2018 19:33 via twitter.com
  Three-year sentence for Kashechewan breakfast program fraud #tbay ow.ly/cOAF30hKfMW
  
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• Thunder Bay police search for suspect in laundromat theft

  12-01-2018 19:21 via cbc.ca
  Thunder Bay Police Service have released a video of a male suspect who reportedly demanded money from a female employee on Tuesday evening at the Barb's Laundromat, located on Victoria Avenue in Thunder Bay, Ont.
  
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• Crupi Sentenced To Three Years On Fraud Charges | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/2gFroRzGe

  12-01-2018 19:21 via twitter.com
  Crupi Sentenced To Three Years On Fraud Charges | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/2gFroRzGe
  
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• Proposed ferrochrome processing plant open house planned #tbay ow.ly/Vf9W30hKdud

  12-01-2018 18:59 via twitter.com
  Proposed ferrochrome processing plant open house planned #tbay ow.ly/Vf9W30hKdud
  
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• Dryden Police Respond to Weapons Call

  12-01-2018 18:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  Dryden Police
  DRYDEN – On January 10, 2018, around 7:00 pm, Dryden Police Service responded to a call near the 7-11 on Government Street, after a report of a 25-year-old male threatening 3 people inside a truck with a knife.
  During the incident, the accused engaged in yelling and screaming at the 3 victims uttering death threats at them. The accused left the area for a short time and returned displaying a knife toward 3 victims continuing to utter death threats at them. The victims qu
  
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• Former Kashechewan co-manager sentenced to 3 years plus restitution

  12-01-2018 17:15 via cbc.ca
  The former co-manager of Kashechewan First Nation, who pleaded guilty to fraud in November 2017, was sentenced on Friday and will spend three years in prison.
  
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• Multiple crashes on area highways #tbay ow.ly/PN3130hK2uS

  12-01-2018 17:04 via twitter.com
  Multiple crashes on area highways #tbay ow.ly/PN3130hK2uS
  
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• VIDEO: Can you help police find this man, who held up Barb's Laundrymat on Victoria Avenue? fb.me/6NHf9uut5

  12-01-2018 16:22 via twitter.com
  VIDEO: Can you help police find this man, who held up Barb's Laundrymat on Victoria Avenue? fb.me/6NHf9uut5
  
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• Tennis community eyeing potential indoor solution #tbay ow.ly/RT9930hJWHb

  12-01-2018 16:15 via twitter.com
  Tennis community eyeing potential indoor solution #tbay ow.ly/RT9930hJWHb
  
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• Happy Friday! This is pretty cool! Definitely worth the watch! I've never heard Whitney/Dolly's tune like... fb.me/t1ra0lvw

  12-01-2018 16:10 via twitter.com
  Happy Friday!This is pretty cool! Definitely worth the watch! I've never heard Whitney/Dolly's tune like... fb.me/t1ra0lvw
  
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• Toxic Opioid Carfentanil More Potent than Fentanyl in Thunder Bay

  12-01-2018 16:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  The chemical formula of Carfentanil – Depositphotos.com
  THUNDER BAY – HEALTH – “Carfentanil is a toxic opioid that is more potent than fentanyl and is sometimes mixed into street drugs,” said Dr. Emily Groot, Associate Medical Officer of Health for the Thunder Bay District Health Unit.  “Street drugs contaminated with carfentanil have been detected with increasing frequency in Canada, and this is the first confirmation we have of it in Thunder Bay.&r
  
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• Barb’s Laundromat on Victoria Robbed

  12-01-2018 15:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  THUNDER BAY – CRIME – On Tuesday, January 2, 2018 just before 7:00 p.m., officers were dispatched to a report of a panic alarm at the Barb’s Laundromat located on Victoria Ave.
  The 62-year-old female employee advised that a male entered the business with his hood up and his face covered. The male pulled out a bag and demanded money from the till. The clerk complied and the male left the vicinity on foot.
  The male suspect is described as being approximately 6’0″ tall
  
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• Five Ways Technology Can Help You Get The Top Grades

  12-01-2018 15:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  A good study area is important – Depositphoto.com
  NEW YORK – Did you know that technology can help you get the top grades? If you haven’t already invested in new forms of technology to help you complete your assignment writing on time, now is the time to do it! Ultimately, as well as considerably speeding up the process, technology is providing students, just like you, with better access to more information than ever before. Below we explore exactly how technology can help you
  
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• Suspect sought in Barb's Laundromat robbery Video #tbay ow.ly/8ABi30hJQcv

  12-01-2018 15:07 via twitter.com
  Suspect sought in Barb's Laundromat robbery Video #tbay ow.ly/8ABi30hJQcv
  
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• Drug Raid Results in Charges for Man and Woman

  12-01-2018 14:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  MATTICE – On January 11, 2018, the North East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrant at a residence on Chabot Crescent in the Village of Mattice. Police seized Cannabis Marihuana with an estimated street value of $15000 and a firearm.
  The controlled substance was discovered after Hearst officers and the Cochrane District Emergency Medical Services (EMS) were advised of a 911 call
  
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• TGIF: $100 Gift Card to Frankie's Pizza #tbay ow.ly/gd8P30hJLyU

  12-01-2018 14:05 via twitter.com
  TGIF: $100 Gift Card to Frankie's Pizza #tbay ow.ly/gd8P30hJLyU
  
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• Good morning, Thunder Bay! #tbay ow.ly/Pbhc30hJLxz

  12-01-2018 14:04 via twitter.com
  Good morning, Thunder Bay! #tbay ow.ly/Pbhc30hJLxz
  
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• Thunder Bay parks department monitoring frozen, flooded riverside park

  12-01-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  The City of Thunder Bay says it will erect signs and barricade off sections of a park at the mouth of the Current River due to recent ice build-up from extensive flooding.
  
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• 'Significant progress' made in Royal Edward Arms cleanup, health unit says

  12-01-2018 13:30 via cbc.ca
  Public health officials in Thunder Bay, Ont., say conditions have substantially improved at a historic building being used as an apartment complex in the city's downtown south core.
  
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• Sears last day almost here fb.me/9jL75wHjy

  12-01-2018 13:30 via twitter.com
  Sears last day almost here fb.me/9jL75wHjy
  
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• Working Smoke Detectors Will Save Lives

  12-01-2018 13:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  Smoke detectors save lives. Photo Depositphotos.com
  Working Smoke Detectors Will Save Your Family in a Fire
  SHUNIAH – In light of several residential fires in Ontario that have resulted in eight deaths since January 1st, Shuniah Fire & Emergency Services wants to remind the public to make sure that they have working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms on every storey of their home and outside all sleeping areas, and have practiced a home fire escape plan with everyone in their home.
  While
  
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• 'Shaping our Future': Thunder Bay police reach out to community for help on change initiative

  12-01-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  The Thunder Bay Police Service is looking for a cross-section of people from the northwestern Ontario city to be part of the "Shaping Our Future'' working group, which is the next phase in the department's change initiative
  
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• 'I just can't believe I made it back': Jake 'The Snake' Roberts talks wrestling, redemption

  12-01-2018 12:30 via cbc.ca
  Jake "The Snake" Roberts isn't one for mincing words.
  
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• Take care on slick city streets and area highways this morning, mix of minor traffic problems overnight fb.me/IHokpnIA

  12-01-2018 12:12 via twitter.com
  Take care on slick city streets and area highways this morning, mix of minor traffic problems overnight fb.me/IHokpnIA
  
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• 'No criminal offence': OPP officer faces no charges after fatal Nipigon, Ont. shooting

  12-01-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Ontario's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has released its decision into the fatal shooting of a 45-year-old Nipigon man by a Ontario Provincial Police officer in Nov of 2016.
  
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• Hahahaha. Good Morning!! Happy Friday!!! Hopefully we'll play some of your favorite tunes and get you going... fb.me/GpH7De4p

  12-01-2018 11:25 via twitter.com
  Hahahaha.Good Morning!!Happy Friday!!!Hopefully we'll play some of your favorite tunes and get you going... fb.me/GpH7De4p
  
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• Federal Indigenous mental wellness director's liquor bottle crotch pose photo offends staffers

  12-01-2018 11:00 via cbc.ca
  A photograph of a senior federal official posing in a costume, holding a liquor bottle to his crotch, has raised concerns among some civil servants, given the official's portfolio deals with First Nations and Inuit mental wellness and addictions.
  
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• Former Thunder Bay couple wins on Wheel of Fortune, briefs Pat Sajak on Canadian culture fb.me/4j9dYwFfk

  12-01-2018 10:33 via twitter.com
  Former Thunder Bay couple wins on Wheel of Fortune, briefs Pat Sajak on Canadian culture fb.me/4j9dYwFfk
  
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• George Henry of Chippewas of Thames First Nation Mourned

  12-01-2018 06:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  George Henry, a long-time council member will be missed
  Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief sends out condolences to family and friends of long-time councilor at Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, George Henry.
  Madahbee says he first met George in 1975.  He was a counselor for decades; serving his First Nation.
  “He was very active and a strategic thinker,” says Grand Council Chief Madahbee.  “He was always involved with youth promotion and self-determination for
  
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• Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce president raises concerns about potential impacts of proposed city budget on busine… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-01-2018 05:18 via twitter.com
  Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce president raises concerns about potential impacts of proposed city budget on busine… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• SIU absolve OPP officer of any criminality in the November 2016 shooting death of Daniel Legarde in Nipigon. ow.ly/gMsE30hJjwl

  12-01-2018 02:53 via twitter.com
  SIU absolve OPP officer of any criminality in the November 2016 shooting death of Daniel Legarde in Nipigon. ow.ly/gMsE30hJjwl
  
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• Are you watching Wheel of Fortune tonight?? Ryan and Anne from #tbay are contestants! (THUNDER BAY, Pat...not... fb.me/2jQ2dwExk

  12-01-2018 01:16 via twitter.com
  Are you watching Wheel of Fortune tonight?? Ryan and Anne from #tbay are contestants! (THUNDER BAY, Pat...not... fb.me/2jQ2dwExk
  
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• Travelers note... fb.me/D0lNKHqJ

  12-01-2018 00:35 via twitter.com
  Travelers note... fb.me/D0lNKHqJ
  
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