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Ice racers slide to finish
Monday, February 6, 2012

BY DOUG DIACZUK
For drivers sliding around corners and speeding down straight stretches and smashing into snow banks, it’s clear that ice racing can be an extreme sport. For rookie ice racer James Ward, he found out that the extremes do not just apply to the speed and chaos out on the track, but the strategy drivers need to employ.

NAN youth seek bright future
Monday, February 6, 2012

Youth representatives from several Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities will meet Tuesday in Thunder Bay at the Oshkaatisak Niigaan Oji Gathering.

Patient help coming
Monday, February 6, 2012

Thunder Bay’s Ben Piper regrets the time he’s had to spend away from his three-year-old daughter, but he’s hoping the occasional out-of-town training will eventually pay off with a new job close to home.

Elks win home hockey tournament
Monday, February 6, 2012

Jeremy Crocker scored two goals and the Elks Play It Again Canucks peewee AAs defeated the Elks LaFarge Oilers 4-2 Sunday to complete a 6-0-0 weekend at the Elks Central Canada minor hockey tournament.
Nicholas Cettina and Kachur Johnny also scored for the Canucks, who blanked the Elks Impact Kings 8-0 in the semifinal.

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MAYBE a report on how to get transport trucks off Thunder Bay’s narrow Dawson Road has been delayed so often because there is no way around a political bottleneck.

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