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• Premier Kathleen Wynne announced more than $6 million in funding for waterfront projects including a new art galler… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  31-01-2018 22:41 via twitter.com
  Premier Kathleen Wynne announced more than $6 million in funding for waterfront projects including a new art galler… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Brother died 'in the worst way' of fentanyl OD in jail, says Waterloo region woman

  31-01-2018 22:41 via cbc.ca
  Curtis McGowan, 32, of Guelph died on Oct. 6, 2017 in a cell at Maplehurst Correction Complex in Milton after using fentanyl. His sister says he was an addict who shouldn't have been in prison, but should have been getting help.
  
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• Concerns Raised Over High Rise Fire | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/IJIG4Akt

  31-01-2018 22:12 via twitter.com
  Concerns Raised Over High Rise Fire | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/IJIG4Akt
  
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• NAN leaders question Wynne on First Nation jurisdictions #tbay ow.ly/Bd2V30i7zGI

  31-01-2018 21:52 via twitter.com
  NAN leaders question Wynne on First Nation jurisdictions #tbay ow.ly/Bd2V30i7zGI
  
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• String therapy: Thunder Bay, Ont. woman turns knitting hobby into an international business - CBC.ca

  31-01-2018 21:25 via cbc.ca
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  String therapy: Thunder Bay, Ont. woman turns knitting hobby into an international business
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  Maggie Erickson of Firefly Fibre Arts spins and dyes her own yarn at her home in Thunder Bay, Ont. She currently sells her products on Etsy, at Olives and Bananas and at Rhonda's Wool Shop. (Firefly Fibre Arts / Facebook). Four years ago, knitter and ...
  
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• Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Alexander Henry share in $6M in provincial funding for Thunder Bay waterfront

  31-01-2018 21:05 via cbc.ca
  The Ontario government is pledging a little over $6 million for waterfront development in Thunder Bay, Ont., including $5 million to help the Thunder Bay Art Gallery realize its dream of moving to a new location.
  
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• First responders' parade supports hospital patients #tbay ow.ly/oh0A30i7vnp

  31-01-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  First responders' parade supports hospital patients #tbay ow.ly/oh0A30i7vnp
  
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• Niigan Ga Zhaamin – Moving Forward Together

  31-01-2018 20:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee. – Photo by Jody Kechego
  Ontario and Anishinabek Grand Council Sign Letter of Commitment
  TORONTO – Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee and Chris Ballard, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, met today to sign a letter of Commitment.   The commitment from the Anishinabek Nation and Ontario is to continue working on a positive and productive relationship and to discuss both the Anishinabek
  
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• Driver who flashed high beams at OPP vehicle loses court challenge #tbay ow.ly/YBoa30i7rGA

  31-01-2018 20:14 via twitter.com
  Driver who flashed high beams at OPP vehicle loses court challenge #tbay ow.ly/YBoa30i7rGA
  
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• Coleman Hell releases latest single #tbay ow.ly/EWAG30i7nxp

  31-01-2018 19:25 via twitter.com
  Coleman Hell releases latest single #tbay ow.ly/EWAG30i7nxp
  
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• String therapy: Thunder Bay, Ont. woman turns knitting hobby into an international business

  31-01-2018 18:43 via cbc.ca
  Four years ago, knitter and yarn wholesaler Maggie Erickson had absolutely no interest in knitting. In fact, having crocheted throughout her teenage years, Erikson said she didn't like using two needles to make something until one random day, she decided it was time to learn.
  
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• Wanted Wednesday search continues #tbay ow.ly/osDO30i7jtZ

  31-01-2018 18:38 via twitter.com
  Wanted Wednesday search continues #tbay ow.ly/osDO30i7jtZ
  
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• NAN Winter Chief’s Meeting – Premier Kathleen Wynne

  31-01-2018 18:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  THUNDER BAY – Ontario Premier Wynne gave a short opening address and was then peppered with questions from several of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation Chiefs during her time at the Winter Assembly at the Victoria Inn in Thunder Bay. The issues surrounding the Far North Act were the focus of discussion for several Chiefs.
  Chief Kanute from North Caribou Lake First Nation explained that the ramifications of the Far North Act and its veto power take away jurisdiction from First Nations and leave iss
  
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• Have you scoped out the new Coleman Hell track yet?? #fire #tbay fb.me/RSL9Hulz

  31-01-2018 18:15 via twitter.com
  Have you scoped out the new Coleman Hell track yet?? #fire #tbay fb.me/RSL9Hulz
  
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• OPP expected to update 2015 death investigation ow.ly/U0ul30i7dLs

  31-01-2018 17:44 via twitter.com
  OPP expected to update 2015 death investigation ow.ly/U0ul30i7dLs
  
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• Two treated in hospital after Regent St. apartment fire #tbay ow.ly/FxlK30i78KH

  31-01-2018 16:58 via twitter.com
  Two treated in hospital after Regent St. apartment fire #tbay ow.ly/FxlK30i78KH
  
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• Groups partner to Get Back to Basics #tbay ow.ly/Tg8630i73Eu

  31-01-2018 16:11 via twitter.com
  Groups partner to Get Back to Basics #tbay ow.ly/Tg8630i73Eu
  
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• Don't Accept Smelter At Any Price: Environmentalist | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/LjjfydZa

  31-01-2018 15:42 via twitter.com
  Don't Accept Smelter At Any Price: Environmentalist | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/LjjfydZa
  
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• Time to get to work.... ahhh poop... but at least we have the #Nineatnine to get us going. Coming up... birthday b… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  31-01-2018 15:02 via twitter.com
  Time to get to work.... ahhh poop... but at least we have the #Nineatnine to get us going.Coming up... birthday b… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Steamship with Thunder Bay connection moving again #tbay ow.ly/J74n30i6WOK

  31-01-2018 15:01 via twitter.com
  Steamship with Thunder Bay connection moving again #tbay ow.ly/J74n30i6WOK
  
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• Steamship with Thunder Bay connection moving again - Tbnewswatch.com

  31-01-2018 14:54 via tbnewswatch.com
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  Steamship with Thunder Bay connection moving again
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  THUNDER BAY -- An Edwardian-era passenger ship that once ferried prairie-bound immigrants from Owen Sound to the Lakehead needs a new berth. The 111-year-old S.S. Keewatin—built five years before the Titanic—has served as a maritime museum at Port ...
  
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• Good morning, Thunder Bay! #tbay ow.ly/vXG430i6SEl

  31-01-2018 14:08 via twitter.com
  Good morning, Thunder Bay! #tbay ow.ly/vXG430i6SEl
  
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• #MeToo strikes Canadian politics with a fury – and it’s not done

  31-01-2018 13:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  Patrick Brown, Kent Hehr and more – the cultural shift has finally reached Canadian politics
  By Warren KinsellaColumnist
  CALGARY – POLITICS – The Conservative MP shook his head. We were in a restaurant in Toronto, getting caught up.
  He’d just told me that a little-known federal Tory backbencher named Patrick Brown was going to seek the Ontario Progressive Conservative party leadership. I’d told him all I’d heard about Brown was that he “had a zipper
  
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• Hockey – Thunderwolves on Three Game Road Trip

  31-01-2018 13:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  By John Payatta
  THUNDER BAY – SPORTS – The Lakehead Thunderwolves will embark on a three-game road trip against three different opponents this weekend, beginning at Ryerson where the Wolves will butt heads with the Rams on Thursday night.  The Wolves will then head down to Windsor for a Friday evening tilt with the Lancers before traveling to Western to square off with the Mustangs on Saturday night.
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  The Thunderwolves are winless in their last six starts, but have
  
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• Chanie Wenjack honoured in new name for Nishnawbe Aski Nation education institute

  31-01-2018 13:30 via cbc.ca
  Chanie Wenjack, a young boy who just wanted to go home, was remembered Tuesday at the winter assembly of Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) chiefs in Thunder Bay, Ont., when the group unveiled a new name for its education institute.
  
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• January 31, 2018 Northwestern Ontario Day-Starter

  31-01-2018 13:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  Pearl Achneepineskum the sister of Chanie Wenjack addressing the Nishnawbe Aski Nation Winter Chiefs Assembly
  THUNDER BAY – DayStarter – Snow! There is lots of snow out there across much of Northwestern Ontario to wind down January. The OPP advise that Highway 17, from Nipigon to Marathon is closed due to weather conditions. That update from the OPP is valid as of 05:49 AM. For road conditions across the region check #511.
  In Thunder Bay, road crews and sidewalk crews are alread
  
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• Safety, accessibility under the microscope at Lakehead University

  31-01-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Lakehead University's office of human rights and equity is asking people who work and study on the campus to share their thoughts on safety and accessibility at the school.
  
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• Snow Closes Down 17 Further East | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/968i0LJ5W

  31-01-2018 12:09 via twitter.com
  Snow Closes Down 17 Further East | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/968i0LJ5W
  
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• Grassy Narrows Chief Simon Fobister charged by Treaty 3 police

  31-01-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  The Treaty Three Police Service has laid charges against Simon Fobister, the chief of Grassy Narrows First Nation, stemming from two alleged incidents earlier this month.
  
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• Happy Wednesday!!!! A boots kind of day. fb.me/1tPjPUKVI

  31-01-2018 11:36 via twitter.com
  Happy Wednesday!!!!A boots kind of day. fb.me/1tPjPUKVI
  
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• Highway 11/17 closed between Nipigon and Marathon because of wintry conditions. ow.ly/pyh830i6vK1

  31-01-2018 07:37 via twitter.com
  Highway 11/17 closed between Nipigon and Marathon because of wintry conditions. ow.ly/pyh830i6vK1
  
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• Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada Adds Lethbridge Paradise Open

  31-01-2018 00:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada has added a stop in Lethbridge Alberta
  By Brian Decker
  LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA – SPORTS – The Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada officially announced on Tuesday that the Lethbridge Paradise Canyon Open, a new event taking place at Paradise Canyon Golf Resort in Lethbridge, Alberta, will begin as part of a multi-year agreement starting in 2018.
  The 156-player event with a $200,000 purse will take place June 18-24 as the fourth event of the 20
  
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• NAN Chiefs Winter Assembly gets underway #tbay ow.ly/WjUt30i6fnB

  31-01-2018 00:15 via twitter.com
  NAN Chiefs Winter Assembly gets underway #tbay ow.ly/WjUt30i6fnB
  
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