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• Local protesters rally against cutting child advocate #tbay ow.ly/WhD530mO4DJ

  29-11-2018 23:35 via twitter.com
  Local protesters rally against cutting child advocate #tbayow.ly/WhD530mO4DJ
  
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• Holiday Hero nominee: Diana Prairie (2 photos) #tbay ow.ly/kHwr30mNXEr

  29-11-2018 22:30 via twitter.com
  Holiday Hero nominee: Diana Prairie (2 photos) #tbay ow.ly/kHwr30mNXEr
  
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• Giving Tuesday result doubles hospital's ask #tbay ow.ly/EcFO30mO0Gt

  29-11-2018 21:54 via twitter.com
  Giving Tuesday result doubles hospital's ask #tbay ow.ly/EcFO30mO0Gt
  
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• Holiday Hero nominee: Rebecca Estey (4 photos) #tbay ow.ly/GMk230mNXDz

  29-11-2018 21:30 via twitter.com
  Holiday Hero nominee: Rebecca Estey (4 photos) #tbay ow.ly/GMk230mNXDz
  
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• Mackenzie Tour announces 2019 Q-School tournament dates

  29-11-2018 21:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Dates and sites announced for PGA TOUR hopefulsSPORTS – The Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada is busy preparing for another strong season, announcing on Thursday the dates and sites for its six 2019 Qualifying Tournaments, events that determine the membership of the Mackenzie Tour.
  The six sites will be: TPC San Antonio in San Antonio, TX (February 25-March 1), Mission Inn Resort & Club in Howie-In-The-Hills, FL (March 4-8), Carlton Oaks Golf Club in Santee, CA (March 25-29), Wigw
  
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• Community Foundation hands out $200K in grants #tbay ow.ly/PawK30mNXsk

  29-11-2018 20:38 via twitter.com
  Community Foundation hands out $200K in grants #tbay ow.ly/PawK30mNXsk
  
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• Police search for missing 59-year-old woman last seen near Thunder Bay hospital

  29-11-2018 18:45 via cbc.ca
  Police in Thunder Bay, Ont., are asking for the public's help in locating a missing 59-year-old woman who was last seen near the local hospital on Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Union Gas helps United Way edge toward campaign goal #tbay ow.ly/j1IP30mNQQq

  29-11-2018 18:43 via twitter.com
  Union Gas helps United Way edge toward campaign goal #tbay ow.ly/j1IP30mNQQq
  
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• $50 for an eye, $800 for a saddle: Carousel horses can now be sponsored in pieces in Thunder Bay, Ont.

  29-11-2018 18:30 via cbc.ca
  More than a dozen of the century-old carousel horses at Chippewa Park in Thunder Bay, Ont., have been restored since the project to fix the attraction began in 2016, but there's still a handful of them that are in desperate need of a facelift.
  
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• Northern demonstrators rally alongside Toronto counterparts over axing of child advocate

  29-11-2018 18:22 via cbc.ca
  As demonstrators rally at Queen's Park in Toronto over the Ontario government's decision to axe the province's child and youth advocate's office, supporters in Thunder Bay are lending their voices.
  
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• Thunder Bay – 59-Year-Old Woman Missing

  29-11-2018 18:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  Missing Person – November 29, 2018 TBPS Image
  Missing Person: Eunice SELAGI, 59
  THUNDER BAY – The Thunder Bay Police Service is requesting the public’s help in locating missing person Eunice SELAGI, 59 years old.Eunice was last seen in the area of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at about 2 p.m. She is described as a Caucasian woman standing 5’3” with a medium build. She has straight long grey hair with some purple and blue eyes.
  
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• People told to pick up ODSP payments at local office due to 'postal delivery uncertainty'

  29-11-2018 17:50 via cbc.ca
  People in the province who receive the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) payments through the mail, will need to pick up their cheque from their local office this month due to the ongoing labour dispute at Canada Post, government officials announced Thursday.
  
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• ODSP payments to be picked up at local office after 'postal delivery uncertainty'

  29-11-2018 17:50 via cbc.ca
  Residents in the province who receive the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) or Ontario Works payments through the mail, will need to pick up their cheque from their local office this month due to the ongoing labour dispute at Canada Post.
  
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• Police seek missing 59-year-old woman #tbay ow.ly/GCUO30mNMl0

  29-11-2018 17:32 via twitter.com
  Police seek missing 59-year-old woman #tbay ow.ly/GCUO30mNMl0
  
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• Opinion – Legacy media is in a zombie state, so why waste public money on it?

  29-11-2018 17:26 via feedproxy.google.com
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  Leave reporting to independent innovators who build the public trust honestly. Any government subsidy surely undermines that trust
  By Peter MenziesContributor
  CALGARY – OPINION – A little over nine years ago, in the midst of the chaotic collapse of the Canwest media empire, CHCA-TV of Red Deer, Alta., died.
  It was considered shocking at the time that a legacy TV station (it launched in 1957) could actually close.
  Other stations – CHEK in Victoria and CHCH in Hamilton
  
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• Traffic stop leads to seizure of drugs and ammunition #tbay ow.ly/QCU030mNGkM

  29-11-2018 16:19 via twitter.com
  Traffic stop leads to seizure of drugs and ammunition #tbay ow.ly/QCU030mNGkM
  
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• Reported Hate Crimes up by 47 Percent in Canada

  29-11-2018 15:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ontario Leads Canada in Reported Hate Crimes
  THUNDER BAY – Canada continues to see increases in the volume of hate crimes being reported to police. Statistics Canada is reporting that in 2017, the most recent year of reporting that the increase was a massive 47% over 2016.
  Ontario is leading the country in the increased reporting of hate crimes to police. There is no breakdown by urban district released in today’s figures from Statistics Canada.
  In 2016, Thunder Bay led the way in On
  
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• Lakehead University celebrates accomplishments #tbay ow.ly/ZWeX30mNz0V

  29-11-2018 14:34 via twitter.com
  Lakehead University celebrates accomplishments #tbay ow.ly/ZWeX30mNz0V
  
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• ‘What we’re eating is killing us’ – Global Nutrition Report

  29-11-2018 13:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  Every country is battling some form of malnutrition and adolescence obesity rates are rising
  By Thin Lei Win
  BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Poor diets are among the top causes of ill health globally, accounting for nearly one in five deaths, according to a study published on Thursday that called on governments and businesses to do more to improve eating habits.
  Eating unhealthy food, or not having enough food – including children unable to breastfeed – contribute to wid
  
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• Climate change ‘biggest global health threat’ of century

  29-11-2018 13:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Climate impacts – from heatwaves to worsening storms, floods and fires – are surging and threatened to overwhelm health systems, doctors say
  By Laurie Goering
  LONDON – (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Rising heat and wilder weather linked to climate change make it “the biggest global health threat of the 21st century”, with hundreds of millions more people already suffering in the last two decades, medical officials warned Wednesday.
  In a hard-hitting repor
  
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• OPP service would cost Dryden more than Dryden Police Service

  29-11-2018 13:30 via cbc.ca
  The cost to have the OPP provide policing services in Dryden, Ont., will cost more than $5 million in the first year the provincial force would take over the service.
  
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• Some snow in the forecast today ow.ly/VgnK30mNup3 #tbay

  29-11-2018 13:15 via twitter.com
  Some snow in the forecast today ow.ly/VgnK30mNup3 #tbay
  
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• 'Detailed conversation' needed about seatbelts on school buses, Thunder Bay group says - CBC.ca

  29-11-2018 13:04
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  'Detailed conversation' needed about seatbelts on school buses, Thunder Bay group says
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  The organization that contracts and oversees school bus transportation in Thunder Bay, Ont., says stakeholder input will be necessary should the province mandate seatbelts on buses. Former Premier Kathleen Wynne is set to introduce a private members ...
  
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• 'Detailed conversation' needed about seatbelts on school buses, Thunder Bay group says

  29-11-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  The organization that contracts and oversees school bus transportation in Thunder Bay, Ont., says stakeholder input will be necessary should the province mandate seatbelts on buses.
  
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• New drone to help police collect evidence, find missing people in Thunder Bay, Ont.

  29-11-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Police in Thunder Bay, Ont., now have a new device that's aimed at helping officers search and collect evidence from a bird's-eye view.
  
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• Ontario climate change plan includes fund to help big polluters reduce emissions

  29-11-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  The Ontario government unveiled its plan to combat climate change Thursday, including a fund that commits public money to entice companies to reduce emissions.
  
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• Indigenous Services minister backs new high school dreams for First Nations students in Thunder Bay

  29-11-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott says she supports efforts by First Nation youth to replace their current lead and asbestos tainted high school and end the billeting system that has added to the struggles of students who face a "constant fear" in Thunder Bay.
  
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• Documents show Gateway paid $79M for northern Ontario casinos

  29-11-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Documents filed this month with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission give people in northern Ontario a deeper look inside the company running three casinos in the region, with plans for two more.
  
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• Holiday Hero nominee: Lawrence and Candi Badanai and Spencer Hair #tbay ow.ly/xmmv30mN2kl

  29-11-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  Holiday Hero nominee: Lawrence and Candi Badanai and Spencer Hair #tbay ow.ly/xmmv30mN2kl
  
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• Holiday Hero nominee: Cassandra Nordal #tbay ow.ly/FC7z30mN2iu

  29-11-2018 00:30 via twitter.com
  Holiday Hero nominee: Cassandra Nordal #tbay ow.ly/FC7z30mN2iu
  
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• Country club condo project completion delayed #tbay ow.ly/Tn3d30mN5N4

  29-11-2018 00:00 via twitter.com
  Country club condo project completion delayed #tbay ow.ly/Tn3d30mN5N4
  
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