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• Four Month Investigation Results in Major Drug Seizure

  11-10-2018 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  THUNDER BAY – CRIME – On October 9, 2018, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB), Thunder Bay OPP Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) and Provincial Operations Intelligence Bureau (POIB), concluded a lengthy investigation involving drug trafficking in the Thunder Bay area. OPP was assisted by officers from the Thunder Bay Police Service, Anishinabek Police Service, and Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service.
  As a result of the four-month invest
  
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• Thunder Bay police search for 30-year-old woman to check on her welfare

  11-10-2018 23:05 via cbc.ca
  Police in Thunder Bay, Ont., are asking for the public's help as they search for a missing 30-year-old woman.
  
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• Police looking for Patrishah Linklater-Tom, a 30-year-old woman who was last heard from a week ago. #tbay ow.ly/T5Om30mcmXA

  11-10-2018 22:48 via twitter.com
  Police looking for Patrishah Linklater-Tom, a 30-year-old woman who was last heard from a week ago. #tbay ow.ly/T5Om30mcmXA
  
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• Health Unit nurses preparing for strike action #tbay ow.ly/OIcs30mclHW

  11-10-2018 22:18 via twitter.com
  Health Unit nurses preparing for strike action #tbay ow.ly/OIcs30mclHW
  
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• Tanya Talaga, author of 'Seven Fallen Feathers', hosts 2018 CBC Massey Lecture in Thunder Bay

  11-10-2018 21:48 via cbc.ca
  Award-winning journalist and author of 'Seven Fallen Feathers', Tanya Talaga, will be in Thunder Bay, Ont., on Tuesday, October 16 to host the 2018 CBC Massey Lectures 'All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward'.
  
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• Mayoral hopefuls talk tough on crime #tbay ow.ly/4Wj030mci6O

  11-10-2018 21:04 via twitter.com
  Mayoral hopefuls talk tough on crime #tbay ow.ly/4Wj030mci6O
  
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• Letter to the editor: Local lawyers support Justice Patrick Smith #tbay ow.ly/585c30mch4S

  11-10-2018 20:47 via twitter.com
  Letter to the editor: Local lawyers support Justice Patrick Smith #tbay ow.ly/585c30mch4S
  
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• Thunder Bay police seek public's help in locating two missing men

  11-10-2018 20:36 via cbc.ca
  Police in Thunder Bay, Ont., are asking for the public's help in locating two missing people.
  
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• OPP in Kenora search for 2 missing fishermen on Lake of the Woods in snow, high winds

  11-10-2018 20:05 via cbc.ca
  Ontario Provincial Police in Kenora and Fort Frances are looking for two fishermen, who failed to return to their resort on the south end of Lake of the Woods on Tuesday. Police said they are looking for a 16-foot Alumamarine boat.
  
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• City police search for missing 67-year-old #tbay ow.ly/a5rW30mcefz

  11-10-2018 19:52 via twitter.com
  City police search for missing 67-year-old #tbay ow.ly/a5rW30mcefz
  
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• OPP searching for missing fishermen #tbay ow.ly/j8Lx30mcec9

  11-10-2018 19:51 via twitter.com
  OPP searching for missing fishermen #tbay ow.ly/j8Lx30mcec9
  
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• Police seek missing 47-year-old #tbay ow.ly/ysdF30mcc5K

  11-10-2018 19:13 via twitter.com
  Police seek missing 47-year-old #tbay ow.ly/ysdF30mcc5K
  
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• Bus driver assaulted #tbay ow.ly/Wbt130mcaLg

  11-10-2018 18:47 via twitter.com
  Bus driver assaulted #tbay ow.ly/Wbt130mcaLg
  
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• Bewcyk bail hearing rescheduled

  11-10-2018 18:30 via cbc.ca
  The bail hearing for a 70-year-old Thunder Bay man facing charges of abduction and sexual assault has been rescheduled.
  
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• Electronic voting totals strong in early going #tbay ow.ly/YI2130mc7yh

  11-10-2018 17:58 via twitter.com
  Electronic voting totals strong in early going #tbay ow.ly/YI2130mc7yh
  
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• Snowfall cancels city transit, garbage collection in Kenora, Ont.

  11-10-2018 17:48 via cbc.ca
  Many residents in northwestern Ontario woke up to fresh white snow this morning, as areas further west such as Dryden, Ignace and Sioux Lookout got a jolt of winter on Wednesday.
  
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• CP Holiday Train Features Terry Clark and Kelly Prescott

  11-10-2018 16:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  The CP Holiday Train arriving in Thunder Bay in 2013.
  Holiday Train in Northwestern Ontario December 1-3, 2018
  THUNDER BAY – Get ready Northwestern Ontario, the CP Holiday Train will be in our region this December. The Thunder Bay stop will be at the CP Rail Station on Syndicate Avenue on December 2, 2018.
  Kelly Prescott will join three-time Juno award-winner Terri Clark and Sierra Noble to spread holiday cheer through Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan to Calgary, Alta. Sam Roberts B
  
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• Thunder Bay hospital over-capacity 94% of the time since Jan.1 (2 photos) - Tbnewswatch.com

  11-10-2018 16:22 via tbnewswatch.com
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  Thunder Bay hospital over-capacity 94% of the time since Jan.1 (2 photos)
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  THUNDER BAY — An over-capacity patient load has become such a chronic problem at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre that hospital officials now consider it to be the new normal. From Jan.1 to Sept.ember 30 of this year, the hospital was ...
  
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• Thunder Bay hospital over-capacity 94% of the time since Jan.1 (2 photos) #tbay ow.ly/kWUW30mbZM3

  11-10-2018 16:22 via twitter.com
  Thunder Bay hospital over-capacity 94% of the time since Jan.1 (2 photos) #tbay ow.ly/kWUW30mbZM3
  
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• Highway 17 Closed at Wawa due to Road Washout

  11-10-2018 15:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  WAWA – The Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is advising the public that highway 17 will be closed from Wawa, Ontario to Batchawana due to a road washout, causing both lanes of travel to be closed.
  Highway 101 from Wawa to Chapleau will also be closed due to a road washout, causing both lanes of travel to be closed.
  The OPP are requesting that the public remain away from this area. This will allow crews to work as quickly and as safely as possible. T
  
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• New clinic reduces wait times for knee or hip surgery to six months (4 photos) #tbay ow.ly/NCor30mbT4j

  11-10-2018 14:47 via twitter.com
  New clinic reduces wait times for knee or hip surgery to six months (4 photos) #tbay ow.ly/NCor30mbT4j
  
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• Where's the moose? Be aware of a busy weekend in the bush in northwestern Ontario

  11-10-2018 14:38 via cbc.ca
  Ontario and across the province are gearing up for a busy opening day of the rifle season for moose this weekend.
  
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• School Bus Cancellation for Northwestern Ontario Student Services Consortium

  11-10-2018 14:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  DRYDEN – Winter weather has caused school bus cancellations in Dryden, Kenora, Ignace and the routes served by the Northwestern Ontario Student Services Consortium.
  General Manager Judi Green advises, “Please be aware that all school buses have been cancelled in the entire service area for the Northwestern Ontario Student Services Consortium.All areas continue to be under either a weather statement or snowfall warning and road conditions are poor.Minimal clearing has occurred especia
  
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• Good Morning, Thunder Bay! #tbay ow.ly/1SEs30mbPQN

  11-10-2018 14:01 via twitter.com
  Good Morning, Thunder Bay! #tbay ow.ly/1SEs30mbPQN
  
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• CBC's Superior Morning to Pop-Up at the Thunder Bay Market Friday

  11-10-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  On Friday, October 12 from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. the CBC's Superior Morning will be broadcasting live from the Thunder Bay Country Market. The show will be hearing from various vendors and people can also enjoy a performance from local country music singer Scott Van Teeffelen.
  
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• Thunder Bay's ward candidates present platform at public debate

  11-10-2018 13:30 via cbc.ca
  The topics at a ward candidates event in Thunder Bay, Ont., were as wide ranging as the candidates themselves.
  
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• Ontario law society tribunal issues interim suspension for Thunder Bay lawyer Christopher Watkins

  11-10-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Thunder Bay lawyer Christopher Watkins has been temporarily suspended.
  
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• Grassy Narrows declares logging ban in its territory ahead of forest management planning

  11-10-2018 12:30 via cbc.ca
  Officials with Grassy Narrows First Nation say they're asserting and enforcing sovereignty over their traditional territory, including permanently banning future industrial activities like logging, mining and mineral staking, at a time when Ontario is set to start drawing up the next 10-year plan for the Whiskey Jack Forest.
  
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• Future logging puts Grassy Narrows way of life 'under threat,' community says in new declaration

  11-10-2018 12:30 via cbc.ca
  Officials with Grassy Narrows First Nation say they're asserting and enforcing sovereignty over their traditional territory, including permanently banning future industrial activities like logging, mining and mineral staking, at a time when Ontario is set to start drawing up the next 10-year plan for the Whiskey Jack Forest.
  
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• Alberta Sheriffs Shutter Lethbridge Drug House under SCAN

  11-10-2018 12:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sheriffs in Alberta have seized and locked up a Lethbridge Drug House for 90 Days
  LETHBRIDGE – The Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) unit obtained a court order giving investigators authority to close the property at 1813 7 Avenue N for 90 days.
  The property will be boarded up, the locks will be changed and a fence will be erected around the house. The owners and any occupants are required to leave the property for the 90-day period.
  “This is yet another example of the
  
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• New Central Intake and Assessment Model Improves Patient Care

  11-10-2018 11:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  THUNDER BAY – A new central intake and assessment model at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is improving patient experiences and making wait times more equitable for musculoskeletal patients across Northwestern Ontario.
  Mandated by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and in partnership with the North West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), the adoption of “Rapid Access Clinics” (RAC) combines the Regional Joint Assessment Centre (hip and knee) and
  
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• What to look for in Doug Ford's next 100 days as premier

  11-10-2018 11:00 via cbc.ca
  Premier Doug Ford isn't being humble in describing his first 100 days in office. He says his new government has taken "action the likes of which Canada has never seen before." So what will he do for an encore?
  
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• Grand Council Treaty #3 stands up for Indigenous youths in health curriculum litigation

  11-10-2018 10:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  THUNDER BAY – Today Grand Council Treaty #3 instructed lawyers to file a motion with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Divisional Court) seeking intervenor status in the litigation concerning the Ontario government’s rollback of the province’s Health and Physical Education curriculum – more conventionally known as ‘sex-ed’.
  “Last week at our Fall Assembly, the Treaty #3 Chiefs gave us a mandate to pursue strategies which would ensure that the health
  
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• Thunderwolves Fall 75-58 to the Regina Cougars

  11-10-2018 10:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  Regina, SK – SPORTS – The Lakehead women’s basketball team lost, 75-58, to the Regina Cougars today at the Regina Cougar Classic.Regina came out strong against the Thunderwolves and pushed a small lead at the end of the first that put themselves up 25-14 after the first ten minutes. Lakehead adjusted and was able to compete with the Cougars during the second quarter but still were down 41-26 at the half.The Thunderwolves were unable to make up for their first-hal
  
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• Opioid crisis coupled with doctor shortage leaves chronic pain patients desperate

  11-10-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  In northwestern Ontario where thousands of people don't have a primary care provider, patients taking painkillers often aren't at the top of family doctors' waiting lists.
  
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• Terri Clark, Kelly Prescott and Sierra Noble to headline this year's CP Holiday Train, which arrives in Thunder Bay… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 01:11 via twitter.com
  Terri Clark, Kelly Prescott and Sierra Noble to headline this year's CP Holiday Train, which arrives in Thunder Bay… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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