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Posted 5 June 2021

Naloxone Kits Help In Opioids Fight

The conversations around opioids and what to do about them in Thunder Bay are ongoing. Health officials indicate that between 2019 and 2020, there was a 40 per cent increase in deaths in Thunder Bay tied to both prescription and non-prescription overdoses. Pharmacist Sarah Haney with Court...

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Posted 5 June 2021

Man Rescued From River In Ware Twp.

A man was taken to the hospital after getting stranded while swimming in Ware Township. Thunder Bay Fire Rescue went to help Provincial Police rescue the man last night around ten o’clock at Crooked Rapids. They say he’d been swimming in the area and hurt his leg, and was stuck on the other side...

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Posted 5 June 2021

Man Rescued From River In Ware Twp.

A man was taken to the hospital after getting stranded while swimming in Ware Township. Thunder Bay Fire Rescue went to help Provincial Police rescue the man last night around ten o’clock at Crooked Rapids. They say he’d been swimming in the area and hurt his leg, and was stuck on the other side...

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Posted 5 June 2021

MNRF Confirms 16 New Fires

A rise in temperatures is causing more forest fires to spring up. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is confirming sixteen new ones, mostly in the Red Lake, Dryden and Sioux Lookout regions. That more than doubles the number of active fires to 22, with fourteen of them not under...

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Posted 5 June 2021

MNRF Confirms 16 New Fires

A rise in temperatures is causing more forest fires to spring up. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is confirming sixteen new ones, mostly in the Red Lake, Dryden and Sioux Lookout regions. That more than doubles the number of active fires to 22, with fourteen of them not under...

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Posted 5 June 2021

Lights Out After Overnight Outages

Synergy North says power is back on after a thunderstorm and strong wind left some people in the dark in the Oliver Road, John St. Road, and Dog Lake Road areas. However, traffic lights were out at Red River Road and Rockwood Avenue as of 5 o’clock this morning. There’s no word when those will...

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Posted 5 June 2021

Lights Out After Overnight Outages

Synergy North says power is back on after a thunderstorm and strong wind left some people in the dark in the Oliver Road, John St. Road, and Dog Lake Road areas. However, traffic lights were out at Red River Road and Rockwood Avenue as of 5 o’clock this morning. There’s no word when those will...

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Posted 5 June 2021

City Considers Waterfront Trail Work

City Council consider development of trails in the city. Director of Engineering and Operations in Thunder Bay, Kayla Dixon, will be presenting a plan that will present a long term plan for work on the waterfront trail. Dixon explains the goals of the plan in the short-term. “In one to five...

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Posted 5 June 2021

City Considers Waterfront Trail Work

City Council consider development of trails in the city. Director of Engineering and Operations in Thunder Bay, Kayla Dixon, will be presenting a plan that will present a long term plan for work on the waterfront trail. Dixon explains the goals of the plan in the short-term. “In one to five...

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Posted 4 June 2021

Teens Arrested In Victoria Ave. Home Takeover

Two young men from Brampton are now facing drug and weapons charges connected to a home takeover on Victoria Avenue. City police say they found out about the takeover after getting reports of things like vandalism and drug use in the area between Simpson Street and May Street South. During a...

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