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• Confederation College cuts three programs for fall 2018

  26-01-2018 22:03 via cbc.ca
  College president Jim Madder said Friday the college would eliminate its Civil Engineering Technology, Child and Youth Care, and Power Engineering Technician programs because of low enrolment, high drop-out rates, and/or poor job prospects for graduates.
  
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• Zone Watch to tackle impaired driving, property crime with 2018 safety campaigns Video #tbay ow.ly/39pi30i1Fl0

  26-01-2018 21:26 via twitter.com
  Zone Watch to tackle impaired driving, property crime with 2018 safety campaigns Video #tbay ow.ly/39pi30i1Fl0
  
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• Swing Bridge appeal decision expected in coming months #tbay ow.ly/Z3cF30i1zsj

  26-01-2018 20:13 via twitter.com
  Swing Bridge appeal decision expected in coming months #tbay ow.ly/Z3cF30i1zsj
  
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• Swing Bridge appeal decision expected in coming months #tbay ow.ly/2Jw230i1zqN

  26-01-2018 20:12 via twitter.com
  Swing Bridge appeal decision expected in coming months #tbay ow.ly/2Jw230i1zqN
  
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• Overheated claims on temperature records

  26-01-2018 19:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  Time for sober second thought on climate alarms
  By: Dr. Tim Ball and Tom HarrisOTTAWA – VIEWPOINT – Now that the excitement over the news that 2017 was one of the hottest years on record have died down, it is time for a sober second thought.  Did the January 18 announcements by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that 2017 was the third-hottest year, and NASA’s claim that it was the second hottest year, since 1880, actually me
  
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• PC Party Selects Vic Fedeli as Interim Leader

  26-01-2018 19:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  Vic Fedeli
  QUEENS PARK – Vic Fedeli is the interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. The announcement came following a caucus meeting with twenty-eight members of the PC caucus attending.
  Fedeli ran for the leadership of the party against the former leader and lost.
  Fedeli has been a strong performer in the legislature.
  It is still unknown if the Progressive Conservatives will hold a full leadership convention before the June provincial election.
  The Anishinabek Nation Gra
  
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• Pair fined $13K for fish and wildlife offences #tbay ow.ly/NiO230i1sXD

  26-01-2018 18:59 via twitter.com
  Pair fined $13K for fish and wildlife offences #tbay ow.ly/NiO230i1sXD
  
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• College axing three programs #tbay ow.ly/4amw30i1p0r

  26-01-2018 18:09 via twitter.com
  College axing three programs #tbay ow.ly/4amw30i1p0r
  
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• NDP hopeful John Rafferty withdraws candidacy

  26-01-2018 18:00 via cbc.ca
  John Rafferty has withdrawn from the upcoming provincial election due to a medical issue.
  
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• Levesque Back At Work Monday | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/1Qp8UQVsk

  26-01-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  Levesque Back At Work Monday | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/1Qp8UQVsk
  
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• Thunder Bay police chief returning to job on January 29 - CBC.ca

  26-01-2018 17:58 via cbc.ca
  CBC.ca
  Thunder Bay police chief returning to job on January 29
  CBC.ca
  Thunder Bay police chief J.P. Levesque will be back on the job next week after the city's police services board voted Friday morning to revoke his administrative suspension. The board's unanimous vote came a day after charges of breach of trust and ...
  Charges dismissed for chief of Thunder Bay Police Service | Local ...The Chronicle Journalall 4 news articles »
  
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• Thunder Bay police chief returning to job on January 29

  26-01-2018 17:58 via cbc.ca
  Thunder Bay police chief J.P. Levesque will be back on the job next week after the city's police services board voted Friday morning to revoke his administrative suspension.
  
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• Levesque to return as police chief on Monday #tbay ow.ly/a3eE30i1iQ8

  26-01-2018 17:09 via twitter.com
  Levesque to return as police chief on Monday #tbay ow.ly/a3eE30i1iQ8
  
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• Letter to the Editor: A perspective on city finances and the 2018 budget #tbay ow.ly/U2vq30i1eAE

  26-01-2018 16:30 via twitter.com
  Letter to the Editor: A perspective on city finances and the 2018 budget #tbay ow.ly/U2vq30i1eAE
  
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• Rafferty Cancels Run For Office | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/JH9BmtDZ

  26-01-2018 16:22 via twitter.com
  Rafferty Cancels Run For Office | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/JH9BmtDZ
  
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• Rafferty Faces Serious Medical Issues – Steps Down as Candidate

  26-01-2018 15:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  John Rafferty the former Thunder Bay Rainy River MP has stepped down as NDP candidate in the upcoming Ontario provincial election
  THUNDER BAY – The NDP regrets to announce that John Rafferty, nominated candidate for Thunder Bay Atikokan, has begun treatment for a recently diagnosed serious medical condition. As a result, he is unable to continue as a candidate in June’s provincial election. He thanks the people of Thunder Bay for their support and understanding.
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• Health Warning Signs Down At Royal Edward | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/4qmW7HPbK

  26-01-2018 15:20 via twitter.com
  Health Warning Signs Down At Royal Edward | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/4qmW7HPbK
  
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• Citing a serious medical condition, John Rafferty has withdrawn his candidacy for the provincial NDP in Thunder Bay… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-01-2018 14:58 via twitter.com
  Citing a serious medical condition, John Rafferty has withdrawn his candidacy for the provincial NDP in Thunder Bay… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Shed catches fire on Rosslyn Road #tbay ow.ly/sTan30i13oQ

  26-01-2018 14:30 via twitter.com
  Shed catches fire on Rosslyn Road #tbay ow.ly/sTan30i13oQ
  
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• Thunder Bay's Definitely Superior Art Gallery marks 10 years of art on the catwalk

  26-01-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Definitely Superior Art Gallery in Thunder Bay, Ont. is marking the 10th anniversary of a popular event that merges art, music and fashion.
  
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• TGIF: Tickets for Gobsmacked at the Auditorium! #tbay ow.ly/q0Ks30i11XO

  26-01-2018 13:58 via twitter.com
  TGIF: Tickets for Gobsmacked at the Auditorium! #tbay ow.ly/q0Ks30i11XO
  
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• Good morning, Thunder Bay! #tbay ow.ly/2x1Q30i11Z7

  26-01-2018 13:58 via twitter.com
  Good morning, Thunder Bay! #tbay ow.ly/2x1Q30i11Z7
  
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• Diversity Counts: United Way studies racism, and how to stop it in Thunder Bay, Ont.

  26-01-2018 13:30 via cbc.ca
  A report released Thursday by the United Way in Thunder Bay, Ont., found that Indigenous people in the city were the most likely to be affected by racism and discrimination. The agency is launching a new program, Diversity Counts, to help counter the issue.
  
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• January 26, 2018 – Northwestern Ontario Day-Starter

  26-01-2018 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Plan for success in life with a focus on education at Lakehead University
  THUNDER BAY – DAY-STARTER – It’s Friday Northwestern Ontario. It is also a PD Day for Thunder Bay schools. So it is likely that Intercity’s Food Court will be extra full. The Lakehead Thunderwolves are playing a two-game homestand against the York Lions at the Fort William Gardens on Friday and Saturday night. The Wolves are headed into the home-stretch of the season and the ‘Seventh’ pl
  
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• Two suspects sought after convenience store robbed in Thunder Bay, Ont.

  26-01-2018 12:59 via cbc.ca
  Thunder Bay, Ont., police are searching for two suspects after a convenience store was robbed early Thursday morning.
  
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• Contractor Charged Again With Fraud | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/G2YLDIyD

  26-01-2018 12:30 via twitter.com
  Contractor Charged Again With Fraud | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/G2YLDIyD
  
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• Senator Kim Pate tours Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School

  26-01-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  The member of the Aboriginal Peoples Senate Committee told CBC she wanted to find out how she could help the school and its students.
  
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• Australian Day or Invasion Day – Protests Planned Over Treatment of Indigenous People

  26-01-2018 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Australians demand the date of the national holiday be changed given its links to colonisation and the ill-treatment of indigenous Aborigines
  By Colin Packham
  SYDNEY – (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Australians plan to mark Australia Day, Jan. 26, with mass protests, demanding the date of the national holiday be changed given its links to colonisation and the ill-treatment of indigenous Aborigines.
  Australia Day marks the date the British “First Fleet” sailed into Sydne
  
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• VIDEO: 2 Wanted In Mac's Robbery | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/7A8G0GyNi

  26-01-2018 10:27 via twitter.com
  VIDEO: 2 Wanted In Mac's Robbery | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/7A8G0GyNi
  
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• Mackenzie Blackwood recalled by Devils, serves as back-up in loss to Predators. ow.ly/Rhdj30i0HOh

  26-01-2018 07:04 via twitter.com
  Mackenzie Blackwood recalled by Devils, serves as back-up in loss toPredators. ow.ly/Rhdj30i0HOh
  
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• Letter – Remove Brown from PC Caucus Immediately

  26-01-2018 06:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  LETTERS – Last night, CTV News reported allegations of sexual misconduct from two women against Leader of the Ontario PC Party, Patrick Brown.
  It was Brown’s initial intention to remain as PC Leader. Only after a meeting with his PC MPPs later in the evening did he announce he would resign.
  This concludes Brown’s tenure as PC Leader – a tenure that saw Brown lead the corruption of the governance of the Ontario PC Party by lying about the legal powers he had under the Onta
  
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• Under the Northern Sky – There Is A Lot Of Work To Do

  26-01-2018 06:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Prime Minister Trudeau with one of the Northern Pike caught in a gill net in Pikangikum during his visitby Xavier Kataquapit
  ATTAWAPISKAT – LIVING – Can you believe the fact that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau became the first sitting Prime Minister to visit a northern remote community when he went to Pikangikum First Nation recently. It is not as though Canada was created yesterday, so over many, many decades you would have thought that one of our Prime Ministers could have made that
  
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• Indigenous leaders Starting Climate Fund

  26-01-2018 06:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Costa Rica – Map created by Dennis McClendon
  With international cash to adapt to climate change hard to access, Central American indigenous groups are moving to build their own supply
  By Sebastian Rodriguez
  SAN JOSE – (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Leví Sucre, an indigenous leader from the Bribri community in Costa Rica, remembers how his family used to grow beans on 5 or 6 hectares of land at their home in the Talamanca region. But that was many years ago, he says.
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• Senator urges federal government to step up for DFC #tbay ow.ly/JziQ30i0ut7

  26-01-2018 00:18 via twitter.com
  Senator urges federal government to step up for DFC #tbay ow.ly/JziQ30i0ut7
  
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