Upcoming traffic enforcement blitz to focus on excessive speeding, dangerous driving

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Location: Thunder Bay

Whitewater Road has a stunt driving problem.

The Thunder Bay Police Service’s Traffic Unit will be conducting focused traffic enforcement along Whitewater Road as a result of ongoing complaints about excessive speeding and dangerous driving. The…

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Youth charged after vehicle windows smashed

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TB23035405
Location: Thunder Bay

A local youth has been charged following an incident in which multiple vehicles had windows smashed in the Windsor Street area.

Thunder Bay Police Service officers with the Primary Response Branch were dispatched to the 300 block of Windsor Street…

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UPDATE: Attempted Murder charges laid amid assault investigation

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TB23031615 & TB23028817
Location: Thunder Bay

A Thunder Bay man initially charged with aggravated assault now faces a count of Attempted Murder amid an ongoing assault investigation into an incident that occurred earlier in August.

Thunder Bay Police Service officers with the Primary Response…

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SCAM ALERT: Online classified fraud

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TB23028842 & TB23028854
Location: Thunder Bay

The Thunder Bay Police Service is warning the public to be aware of possible scams utilizing online classified services like the Facebook Marketplace.

Recently, several reports have been made about so-called sellers accepting money, then deleting…

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Additional charges laid amid Cyber Crime Unit investigation

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TB23017399
Location: Thunder Bay

Police have laid additional charges amid an ongoing investigation into luring, voyeurism, and possession of child pornography.

Members of the Thunder Bay Police Service’s Cyber Crime Unit were initially made aware on Monday, May 1 of a local…

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Traffic safety blitz leads to impaired charges

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TB23034694
Location: Thunder Bay

A Thunder Bay man faces charges of impaired driving after being stopped by police conducting a focused traffic blitz along Dawson Road Friday afternoon.

Thunder Bay Police Service officers and members of the Ontario Ministry of Transportation were…

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BUYER BEWARE: Homeowners concerned about suspicious driveway repair crew

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TB23033115
Location: Thunder Bay

The Thunder Bay Police Service would like the public to be aware of incidents of possible aggressive, and potentially fraudulent, sales tactics being used by unknown males doing driveway repair work.

In one such incident, an elderly male made a…

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TBPS and MTO conduct traffic enforcement along Dawson Road

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Location: Thunder Bay

The Thunder Bay Police Service’s Traffic Unit continues to conduct focused enforcement along known, and ongoing, problem areas on Dawson Road.

On Friday, Aug. 25 and Saturday, Aug. 26, TBPS Traffic Unit officers conducted a joint forces traffic safety blitz with members of the TBPS’s Primary Response Branch and members of the Ontario…

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Male accused in gas bar arson arrested, charged

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TB23035016
Location: Thunder Bay

Police arrested a Thunder Bay man accused of attempting to set gas pumps at a local gas bar on fire Sunday evening.

Thunder Bay Police Service officers with the Primary Response Branch were dispatched to a gas bar in the 200 block of Arthur Street…

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Reports of bus shelter drug trafficking leads to arrest

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TB23034516
Location: Thunder Bay

Police arrested a male suspected of dealing crack cocaine from a bus shelter on the city’s south side Thursday afternoon.

Thunder Bay Police Service officers with the Primary Response Branch were dispatched to a bus shelter in the 100-block area of…

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