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• New subdivision proposed in Oliver Paipoonge. #tbay #NWOnt ow.ly/VuUs30hQwZT

  17-01-2018 23:35 via twitter.com
  New subdivision proposed in Oliver Paipoonge. #tbay #NWOntow.ly/VuUs30hQwZT
  
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• Bill Mauro Announces New School for Atikokan

  17-01-2018 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bill Mauro, Mike Lewis – Vice Chair Rainy River District School Board, Heather Campbell – Director, RRDSB, Dennis Brown – Mayor of Atikokan
  ATIKOKAN – Bill Mauro, MPP for Thunder Bay-Atikokan was at the Atikokan High School today to announce that the province is investing in a significant rebuild and addition to the existing high school to create a new K-12 school.  The multi-million dollar project will accommodate nearly 417 students from K-12 and includes three new
  
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• Child and Youth Advocate Frank Pullia Talks Issues

  17-01-2018 22:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  THUNDER BAY – Thunder Bay City Councillor-at-Large Frank Pullia is our city’s Child and Youth Advocate. In this role, Pullia has invested a great deal of time meeting with many of the youth groups, and youth themselves to seek out what is needed for our growing youth population in the city.
  In this interview with Councillor Pullia, recorded on Tuesday, January 16th, 2018, at the Calico Coffee Shop in the Bay and Algoma district, James Murray, and Frank Pullia discuss the issues facin
  
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• Phone Call To Police Results In Street Closure | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/EohKCT5g

  17-01-2018 22:43 via twitter.com
  Phone Call To Police Results In Street Closure | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/EohKCT5g
  
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• Penguins' Matt Murray taking leave after father's death

  17-01-2018 21:57 via cbc.ca
  The Pittsburgh Penguins have announced that goaltender Matt Murray is taking a leave of absence from the team following the death of his father.
  
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• A life-saving lesson in confidence building #tbay ow.ly/8HSn30hQle7

  17-01-2018 21:48 via twitter.com
  A life-saving lesson in confidence building #tbay ow.ly/8HSn30hQle7
  
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• Watermain break affects Current River neighbourhood #tbay ow.ly/cXb030hQfY7

  17-01-2018 20:37 via twitter.com
  Watermain break affects Current River neighbourhood #tbay ow.ly/cXb030hQfY7
  
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• Indefinite solitary confinement in Canadian prisons ruled unconstitutional by B.C. court

  17-01-2018 20:07 via cbc.ca
  A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled that the practice of indefinite solitary confinement in Canadian prisons is unconstitutional.
  
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• Influenza Outbreak Update – Thunder Bay Facilities January 17, 2018

  17-01-2018 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  THUNDER BAY – The Thunder Bay District Health Unit has updated, and extended Influenza A Outbreak alerts at a pair of facilities in Thunder Bay.
  Officials at the Health Unit and St. Joseph’s Care Group have extended the Influenza A outbreak affecting the Medically Complex Services Unit (2 South) of St. Joseph’s Hospital, 35 N. Algoma St., to include the Medically Complex Services Unit (2 North).
  All admissions, transfers, discharges and social activities have been cancelled on
  
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• Flu outbreaks spread at St. Joe's and Roseview Manor #tbay ow.ly/sx8V30hQaCJ

  17-01-2018 19:31 via twitter.com
  Flu outbreaks spread at St. Joe's and Roseview Manor #tbay ow.ly/sx8V30hQaCJ
  
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• Canada Malting workers ratify collective agreement #tbay ow.ly/9ARO30hQ4RH

  17-01-2018 18:21 via twitter.com
  Canada Malting workers ratify collective agreement #tbay ow.ly/9ARO30hQ4RH
  
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• Day Zero – Cape Town South Africa Faces Water Crisis

  17-01-2018 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  CAPE TOWN SA – CLIMATE – Turning on the tap in a large urban centre is something we all take for granted. In Cape Town South Africa the city is issuing a Day Zero alert. The city has been trying to get residents to conserve water, and having little effect. Municipal officials are calling on residents to reduce water consumption however that isn’t happening.
  The city has issued what can only be called a warning to residents. If water conservation does not happen, on April 21st,
  
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• Thunder Bay city council starts 2018 budget debate - CBC.ca

  17-01-2018 17:19 via cbc.ca
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  Thunder Bay city council starts 2018 budget debate
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  City councillors in Thunder Bay, Ont., ended their first budget meeting in 2018 with a proposed property tax increase of 2.91 percent. Thunder Bay taxes slated to go up by 2.9 per cent. That figure is slightly larger than what they started with on ...and more »
  
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• Ontario family 'disheartened' by ruling that Ft. William sanatorium not a residential school

  17-01-2018 17:08 via cbc.ca
  The family of an 84-year-old Indigenous woman who tried to get a former sanatorium in what is now Thunder Bay, Ont. designated as a residential school says they're disheartened by a recent ruling.
  
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• Zaitzeff to stand trial this spring #tbay ow.ly/ZxPT30hPVg5

  17-01-2018 16:59 via twitter.com
  Zaitzeff to stand trial this spring #tbay ow.ly/ZxPT30hPVg5
  
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• Wanted Wednesday search continues #tbay ow.ly/KzCd30hPPy8

  17-01-2018 16:05 via twitter.com
  Wanted Wednesday search continues #tbay ow.ly/KzCd30hPPy8
  
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• Red Bull Crashed Ice Set for Saint Paul Minnesota

  17-01-2018 15:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  Exciting Action at Red Bull Crashed Ice in Saint Paul. Photo: Red Bull Content Pool
  SAINT PAUL, Minnesota (USA) – The world’s fastest sport on skates will be back in Saint Paul on January 19-20 for the seventh annual running of Red Bull Crashed Ice on the iconic race track dropping from the steps of the Saint Paul Cathedral. More than 100,000 spectators are expected to brave freezing temperatures to cheer on Minnesota’s very own Cameron Naasz, who is attempting to win
  
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• Cape Town South Africa Set to Run Out of Water

  17-01-2018 15:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  ‘Day Zero’ – the date taps are due to run dry – has crept forward to April 22 as city authorities race to build desalination plants and drill underground boreholes
  * Worst drought in century hits Cape Town
  * April seen as when city runs out of water
  * Desalination plants and aquifers to boost supply
  By Wendell Roelf
  CAPE TOWN – (Reuters) – South Africa’s Cape Town, one of the world’s iconic tourist destinations, could run out of water by April as t
  
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• Polar Bear Plunge Returns, You Want To Do It! | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/70PPKeezG

  17-01-2018 15:14 via twitter.com
  Polar Bear Plunge Returns, You Want To Do It! | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/70PPKeezG
  
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• Ottawa long way from restarting or scrapping missing, murdered women inquiry: PM

  17-01-2018 15:03 via cbc.ca
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is a long way from "starting over or scrapping" the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
  
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• Victoriaville future remains uncertain #tbay ow.ly/hIWw30hPJEc

  17-01-2018 15:02 via twitter.com
  Victoriaville future remains uncertain #tbay ow.ly/hIWw30hPJEc
  
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• Weather Changes Accelerate Arctic Sea Ice Melting

  17-01-2018 14:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  Melting sea ice is forming characteristic puddles on its surface. Image – NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  ZURICH – CLIMATE – In the winter of 2015/16, something happened that had never before been seen on this scale: at the end of December, temperatures rose above zero degrees Celsius for several days in parts of the Arctic. Temperatures of up to eight degrees were registered north of Svalbard. Temperatures this high have not been recorded in the winter half of the year since
  
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• Tracking the Impact of Abuse and Neglect on Children

  17-01-2018 14:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  THUNDER BAY – LIVING – Many families across Northwestern Ontario have long-standing issues related to early trauma. The long-term effects of Residential School, the impact on the children of parents who were in residential school, the children taken into the child welfare system in the Sixties Scoop, the ongoing numbers of children in the child welfare system. The cycle and the impact of the cycle are having an impact on the lives of human beings that is long-lasting and seemingly wi
  
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• Thunder Bay city council starts 2018 budget debate

  17-01-2018 14:25 via cbc.ca
  City councillors in Thunder Bay, Ont., ended their first budget meeting in 2018 with a proposed property tax increase of 2.91 percent.
  
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• Good morning, Thunder Bay! #tbay ow.ly/rS1o30hPFlr

  17-01-2018 14:02 via twitter.com
  Good morning, Thunder Bay! #tbay ow.ly/rS1o30hPFlr
  
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• It's 'gold or nothing,' for Canada's curlers, and Thunder Bay's Rick Lang hopes to help them get there

  17-01-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Thunder Bay, Ont. curling great Rick Lang is looking forward to another Olympic games, both as a coach and as a sports fan.
  
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• City To Spend $1M For Heart Surgery Campaign | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/796BtrWot

  17-01-2018 13:49 via twitter.com
  City To Spend $1M For Heart Surgery Campaign | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/796BtrWot
  
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• January 17, 2018 – Northwestern Ontario Day-Starter

  17-01-2018 13:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Plan for success in life with a focus on education at Lakehead University
  Hotspot in Ontario: -3.2 °C26.2 °F Caribou IslandCold spot in Ontario: -22.5 °C-8.5 °F PembrokeHotspot in Canada: 10.6 °C51.1 °F West Vancouver, BCCold spot in Canada: -37.5 °C-35.5 °F Hall Beach, NU; Hall Beach Airport, NU
  Your Day-Starter
  THUNDER BAY – DAY-STARTER – Good Morning Northwestern Ontario! For Thunder Bay the day is starting with mainly cloudy skies which will clear
  
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• Fort William First Nation, Thunder Bay host joint open house on ... - CBC.ca

  17-01-2018 13:02 via cbc.ca
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  Fort William First Nation, Thunder Bay host joint open house on ...
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  Fort William First Nation and its northwestern Ontario neighbour, the City of Thunder Bay, will host the second of two public information sessions Wednesday night about their joint proposal to be the site for the Noront Resouces ferrochrome production ...and more »
  
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• 'Educate yourself': Fort William First Nation, Thunder Bay host open house on ferrochrome facility

  17-01-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Fort William First Nation and its northwestern Ontario neighbour, the City of Thunder Bay, will host the second of two public information sessions Wednesday night about their joint proposal to be the site for the Noront Resouces ferrochrome production facility.
  
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• Northern Ontario roads will continue to be cleared, despite company closure: province fb.me/Ov9jQQfE

  17-01-2018 12:36 via twitter.com
  Northern Ontario roads will continue to be cleared, despite company closure: province fb.me/Ov9jQQfE
  
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• Civil Engineering Technology Students Build a Solid Foundation for Success

  17-01-2018 12:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Civil Engineering Technology student Matt Watts (right) learns from technologist Tanya Belisle (middle) about how to cap concrete cylinders for testing as student Curtis Gural looks on
  Confederation College – Success with Hands-On Experience
  THUNDER BAY – Students of Confederation College’s Civil Engineering Technology program have been getting hands-on experience testing concrete cylinders to failure, helping them to build a solid educational foundation for their future succes
  
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• Two become one: Kenora, Ont. council approves merger with Thunder Bay Hydro

  17-01-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  The merger between Thunder Bay Hydro and Kenora Hydro will go ahead as planned as council in Kenora, Ont. have approved the the proposed consolidation on Tuesday, Jan. 16.
  
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• Council Questions Victoriaville Budget | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/76yhYD4sk

  17-01-2018 10:32 via twitter.com
  Council Questions Victoriaville Budget | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/76yhYD4sk
  
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• Steps to Creating a Comic Strip With Your Kids

  17-01-2018 06:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  All kids are artistic and drawing comic strips with them is one of the ways of bringing out their artistic potential. Image – Depositphotos.com
  Here is how to create a comic strip with your kids
  At term paper writing service, we believe all kids are born artistic in different ways. The only difference is how we nurture and expose that artistic potential. One of the ways you can help to develop their imagination and love writing is exposing them comic strips. With comic strips, you can help
  
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• Despite plenty of discussion and debate, only one addition was made to the 2018 budget. fb.me/8iNnuNXH8

  17-01-2018 06:15 via twitter.com
  Despite plenty of discussion and debate, only one addition was made to the 2018 budget. fb.me/8iNnuNXH8
  
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• City council's first budget review meeting produces plenty of debate, few changes. #tbay #tbcc #tbaybudget2018 ow.ly/juvE30hPgW4

  17-01-2018 05:58 via twitter.com
  City council's first budget review meeting produces plenty of debate, few changes. #tbay #tbcc #tbaybudget2018 ow.ly/juvE30hPgW4
  
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• Around the North: How to preserve the beauty of snowflakes forever ow.ly/JzPw30hOC1S

  17-01-2018 02:00 via twitter.com
  Around the North: How to preserve the beauty of snowflakes forever ow.ly/JzPw30hOC1S
  
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• Adopt Me: Suki loves to play outside #tbay ow.ly/CiJJ30hOGNV

  17-01-2018 01:00 via twitter.com
  Adopt Me: Suki loves to play outside #tbay ow.ly/CiJJ30hOGNV
  
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• Irwin "Super Excited" For Virtue And Moir | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/9jRmVp2wP

  17-01-2018 00:09 via twitter.com
  Irwin "Super Excited" For Virtue And Moir | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/9jRmVp2wP
  
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