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It may have been a hockey event, but for many it was a second coming home for breakout musician Coleman Hell.

TORONTO - There is one winning ticket for the $23.8-million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 6-49 draw. The ticket was sold somewhere in Quebec. The jackpot for the next 6-49 draw on Jan. 6 will be approximately $5-million.

Police in Sioux Lookout have arrested a man and charged him with stealing a snowmobile. Area OPP said Saturday in a release they conducted a traffic stop after witnessing a snowmobile traveling at a high rate of speed near 7th Avenue.

THUNDER BAY -- The local New Year's baby arrived 11 days before he was expected. Evan John Hearn was born at 2:06 p.m. New Year's Day after mother Caley Vrastak spent New Year's Eve in labour. "I'm exhausted.

Leading up to the New Year, our news editors dig through all of the headlines of 2015 and try to determine which were the most important of the year. Creating these lists of past headlines for our Year in Review package can be challenging.

TORONTO - No one has the winning ticket for the $32.6-million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for next Friday's draw on Jan. 8 will be approximately $44-million. The lottery's grand prize was last won Dec.

Thunder Bay Police have located a missing nine-year-old, last seeen leaving his grandmother's Finlayson Street residence at approximately 4 p.m. on New Year's Day. Police say the youngster was found at a friend's home.

A pair of small fires at the Thunder Bay District Jail have been contained. Thunder Bay Fire Rescue sent three crews to the MacDougall Street facility early Friday evening, responding to a fire in a small container.

Toasting the Queen took on a even more special meaning in 2016. This past September, Queen Elizabeth II surpassed Queen Victoria as Great Britain’s longest-serving monarch.

A military tradition centuries in the making continued on New Year’s Day in Thunder Bay.