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• Firefighters tackle south side house fire. #tbay ow.ly/gnvI30iffcO

  06-02-2018 23:54 via twitter.com
  Firefighters tackle south side house fire. #tbay ow.ly/gnvI30iffcO
  
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• Health unit warns of infection control lapse at Thunder Bay colon cleansing services

  06-02-2018 23:26 via cbc.ca
  The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) has issued a warning over a possible infection control lapse at two colon cleansing services in the city, and advising clients to get tested for HIV and hepatitis.
  
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• Health unit warns of infection control lapse at Thunder Bay colon ... - CBC.ca

  06-02-2018 23:26 via cbc.ca
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  The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) has issued a warning over a possible infection control lapse at two colon cleansing services in the city, and advising clients to get tested for HIV and hepatitis.and more »
  
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• Ebametoong First Nation Set for Court with Ontario Government

  06-02-2018 23:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  EABAMETOONG FIRST NATION – “The Keezhik and Miminiska Lakes areas are very special and important cultural areas for a large number of our members… As EFN, we recognize these family groups as being the stewards of these lands because they live there or spend seasons out on the land exercising their rights. They have always been part of that land. As we have heard throughout community meetings on this issue, there are burial grounds, birthplaces, cabins used by our famil
  
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• A serious alert from the District Health Unit. fb.me/1eiP2Vrlc

  06-02-2018 22:53 via twitter.com
  A serious alert from the District Health Unit. fb.me/1eiP2Vrlc
  
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• A serious alert from the District Health fb.me/994QlAmDp

  06-02-2018 22:51 via twitter.com
  A serious alert from the District Health fb.me/994QlAmDp
  
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• Robbery Suspect Nabbed | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/2ytjYsF05

  06-02-2018 22:50 via twitter.com
  Robbery Suspect Nabbed | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/2ytjYsF05
  
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• Dryden – Special Investigations Unit Investigates Injury to Man

  06-02-2018 22:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  DRYDEN – An incident in Dryden this past weekend has resulted in a further investigation by the Special Investigations Unit.
  The SIU is investigating the circumstances surrounding the apparent serious injury sustained by a 28-year-old man this past weekend in Dryden.Preliminary information suggests the following:
  At approximately 1:45 p.m. on February 3, 2018, Ontario Provincial Police officers with the Dryden detachment attempted to stop a vehicle traveling eastbound on Highway 17.
  The ve
  
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• Outbreak Alert – Bethammi Nursing Home

  06-02-2018 22:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  THUNDER BAY – HEALTH – Officials at the Health Unit and St. Joseph’s Care Group have declared a facility-wide outbreak of a gastrointestinal illness at Bethammi Nursing Home located at 63 Carrie Street.
  Admissions, transfers, discharges and social activities have been canceled until further notice. Visitors are restricted to family members and caregivers only, so please call the facility for more information.
  The Health Unit is urging people to stay at home and refrain fro
  
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• Sioux Lookout – Busy Weekend for OPP

  06-02-2018 22:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  The OPP along with all Ontarian with common sense are asking that people keep a watchful eye to keep impaired driver off our roads.
  SIOUX LOOKOUT – The Sioux Lookout Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigated ninty-eight calls for service from Friday, February 2 at 4:00 pm, to Monday, February 5, 2018, at 8 am.
  Of the 77 incidents, there were: One impaired care and control of a motor vehicle
  Three bail violations
  Eight assaults
   Seven family or domestic disput
  
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• Tuesday Bru-sday! #tbay #dancemoves fb.me/By0WORMW

  06-02-2018 22:14 via twitter.com
  Tuesday Bru-sday! #tbay #dancemoves fb.me/By0WORMW
  
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• Area residents win awards in Lake Superior photo contest #tbay ow.ly/Kzb530if3OY

  06-02-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
  Area residents win awards in Lake Superior photo contest #tbay ow.ly/Kzb530if3OY
  
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• Dentists want more Ontario children in government program #tbay ow.ly/ou7b30if0Zf

  06-02-2018 21:12 via twitter.com
  Dentists want more Ontario children in government program #tbay ow.ly/ou7b30if0Zf
  
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• International Safer Internet day sparks discussion on sexting

  06-02-2018 21:00 via cbc.ca
  People all over the world are marking Tuesday, Feb. 6 as International Safer Internet Day and the Ontario Provincial Police officers are taking this time to encourage young people and their families to make a report if they are being victimized online.
  
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• Province confirms elevated mercury levels near Dryden mill #tbay ow.ly/SjG930ieY0I

  06-02-2018 20:33 via twitter.com
  Province confirms elevated mercury levels near Dryden mill #tbay ow.ly/SjG930ieY0I
  
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• Thunder Bay police arrest 38-year-old man for Mac's store robbery

  06-02-2018 20:22 via cbc.ca
  Police officers in Thunder Bay, Ont. say they have arrested a 38-year-old man on Monday night in connection with a robbery of a Mac's Convenience Store on May Street North.
  
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• Ignace OPP charge 59-year-old man after sexual assault allegation

  06-02-2018 20:14 via cbc.ca
  Earlier this month, Ontario Provincial Police officers in Ignace, Ont. say they were contacted with information of a sexual assault allegation.
  
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• Ignace Man Faces Sexual Assault Charges

  06-02-2018 20:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  IGNACE – On February 2, 2018, the Ignace OPP Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were contacted with respect to a sexual assault allegation.
  Police subsequently executed a warrant for arrest on February 4, 2018, and as a result of the investigation, a 59-year-old male of Ignace, Ontario was arrested and charged with the following Criminal Code offences:1. Sexual Assault contrary to Section 271
  2. Incest contrary to Section 155The accused appeared in court on February 5, 2018,
  
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• Murder trial opens for 2016 death of George Gerard #tbay ow.ly/OZml30ieVd1

  06-02-2018 19:53 via twitter.com
  Murder trial opens for 2016 death of George Gerard #tbay ow.ly/OZml30ieVd1
  
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• Ignace man charged with sexual assault, incest #tbay ow.ly/YZGs30ieSyN

  06-02-2018 19:19 via twitter.com
  Ignace man charged with sexual assault, incest #tbay ow.ly/YZGs30ieSyN
  
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• Thunder Bay Police Arrest Macs Robbery suspect

  06-02-2018 18:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  Macs on May StreetTHUNDER BAY – CRIME – A thirty-eight-year-old Thunder Bay man was arrested last night in connection with a robbery of a Macs Store at 708 May Street North.
  Uniform Patrol responded to a call regarding a male suspect who had robbed the convenience store just before 9:30 p.m.No one was injured and the male fled the scene. At approximately 10:30 p.m. a male matching the description of the suspect was observed by uniform officers as he stood outside of a Macs store at 1
  
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• Ontario's Special Investigations Unit examines altercation between Dryden OPP, male driver

  06-02-2018 18:00 via cbc.ca
  The province's Special Investigations Unit is looking into an altercation between Ontario Provincial Police officers in Dryden and a male driver on Saturday, Feb. 3.
  
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• Mac's robbery suspect nabbed #tbay ow.ly/w5mX30ieKuK

  06-02-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  Mac's robbery suspect nabbed #tbay ow.ly/w5mX30ieKuK
  
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• Nakina loses Northern Store #tbay ow.ly/iSie30ieIx5

  06-02-2018 17:34 via twitter.com
  Nakina loses Northern Store #tbay ow.ly/iSie30ieIx5
  
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• Lake Superior Magazine chooses winning photo for 23rd annual photo contest

  06-02-2018 16:52 via cbc.ca
  After reviewing nearly 900 images, judges from the Lake Superior Magazine have announced the winners for the 23rd annual Lake Superior Photo Contest on Monday.
  
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• Group planning to bring other pieces of transportation heritage to waterfront #tbay ow.ly/XZri30iezXI

  06-02-2018 16:18 via twitter.com
  Group planning to bring other pieces of transportation heritage to waterfront #tbay ow.ly/XZri30iezXI
  
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• Witness, victim stayed in touch, Gee-Gees sexual assault trial hears

  06-02-2018 16:04 via cbc.ca
  The second day of a sexual assault trial involving two former members of the University of Ottawa hockey team resumed Tuesday in Thunder Bay.
  
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• Witness grilled on inconsistencies at Gee-Gees sexual assault trial

  06-02-2018 16:04 via cbc.ca
  The second day of a sexual assault trial involving two former members of the University of Ottawa hockey team resumed Tuesday in Thunder Bay.
  
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• University of Ottawa hockey sexual assault trial continues

  06-02-2018 16:04 via cbc.ca
  The second day of a trial involving two former members of the University of Ottawa hockey team resumes Tuesday.
  
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• SIU called in after Dryden OPP involved in altercation #tbay ow.ly/mNL430ieu93

  06-02-2018 15:24 via twitter.com
  SIU called in after Dryden OPP involved in altercation #tbay ow.ly/mNL430ieu93
  
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• Mayor Not Happy With Media | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/4cCGiyG31

  06-02-2018 15:13 via twitter.com
  Mayor Not Happy With Media | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/4cCGiyG31
  
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• Extreme cold warning in effect #tbay ow.ly/3LW630ieoff

  06-02-2018 14:11 via twitter.com
  Extreme cold warning in effect #tbay ow.ly/3LW630ieoff
  
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• Good morning, Thunder Bay! #Tbay ow.ly/CgPO30ienFe

  06-02-2018 14:03 via twitter.com
  Good morning, Thunder Bay! #Tbay ow.ly/CgPO30ienFe
  
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• Canadian Rangers Share Their Story at Winterlude in Ottawa

  06-02-2018 13:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  Corporal Jessie Sutherland, left rear, and Sergeant Matthew Gull, right rear, with two excited visitors sitting on a Canadian Ranger snowmobile. Photo by Captain Ted Dinning
  By Peter Moon
  OTTAWA – Two Canadian Rangers from Northern Ontario were a great success with visitors to a display showcasing the military service of the Rangers during the annual Winterlude celebration in Ottawa and Gatineau, Que.
  They manned the display with two Canadian Rangers from Quebec and answered thousands of q
  
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• Over 7,000 people using northwestern Ontario food banks each month, new report says

  06-02-2018 13:40 via cbc.ca
  The 2017 Report Card from the Regional Food Distribution Association in northwestern Ontario says it is looking for new ways to feed people who are still going hungry.
  
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• Hockey – Lakehead Thunderwolves Close out Regular Season at Home

  06-02-2018 13:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Thunderwolves Head Coach Bill McDonald will get his team focused
  THUNDER BAY – SPORTS – The Lakehead Thunderwolves close out the regular season this weekend with home games versus two different opponents.  The Wolves will host the Waterloo Warriors on Friday evening before taking on the Laurier Golden Hawks on Saturday, with the opening face-off set for 7:00 p.m. at the Fort William Gardens on both nights.
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  Lakehead is coming off a three-game road trip where it col
  
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• Cities experiment to reduce homelessness with “pay for success” finance

  06-02-2018 13:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  An activist holds a sign while taking part in a protest in support of anti-homelessness outside the office of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S. March 13, 2017. REUTERS/Ashlee Espinal
  “Within two weeks, I had a place to stay”
  By Carey L. Biron
  WASHINGTON – (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The past couple of years have been a roller-coaster for Maurice Cushinberry – first of homelessness, substance abuse and legal trouble, and the
  
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• Blunt Retains Chair At LRCA | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/97Ej3z0gn

  06-02-2018 13:27 via twitter.com
  Blunt Retains Chair At LRCA | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/97Ej3z0gn
  
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• Freedom Road work to resume next week

  06-02-2018 12:30 via cbc.ca
  Construction on a long-awaited road providing all-season access to Shoal Lake 40 is entering its second, and final, phase, the community's chief said.
  
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• Another Extreme Cold Weather Alert | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/4sFMDKwSx

  06-02-2018 12:25 via twitter.com
  Another Extreme Cold Weather Alert | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/4sFMDKwSx
  
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• Have you used the crosswalk on Algoma recently? The message has changed and it makes me laugh now when I hear... fb.me/asnjROhfe

  06-02-2018 11:56 via twitter.com
  Have you used the crosswalk on Algoma recently?The message has changed and it makes me laugh now when I hear... fb.me/asnjROhfe
  
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• No Changes As Council Makes Budget Official | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/F0F2cM9I

  06-02-2018 06:06 via twitter.com
  No Changes As Council Makes Budget Official | CJUK Thunder Bay | Magic 99.9 fb.me/F0F2cM9I
  
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• Council votes to ratify budget, finalizing 3.13 per cent tax levy increase. #tbay #tbcc #tbaybudget2018 ow.ly/aIth30idWzh

  06-02-2018 04:41 via twitter.com
  Council votes to ratify budget, finalizing 3.13 per cent tax levy increase. #tbay #tbcc #tbaybudget2018 ow.ly/aIth30idWzh
  
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• Former teammate testifies at Gee-Gees sexual assault trial

  06-02-2018 01:51 via cbc.ca
  The evening of an alleged sexual assault at the centre of a trial involving two former members of the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees began with a victory party for the team and a connection through the Tinder dating app, according to the Crown's first witness.
  
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• Former teammate of 2 accused testifies in Thunder Bay sexual assault trial

  06-02-2018 01:51 via cbc.ca
  The evening of an alleged sexual assault at the centre of a trial involving two former members of the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees began with a victory party for the team and a connection through the Tinder dating app, according to the Crown's first witness.
  
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