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Attacking the causes of crime is the only way to prevent it from spiralling out of control, says a world-renowned expert on the subject.

The province’s new Ring of Fire co-ordinator says her first task will be to bring the stakeholders together to move the multi-billion mining project forward.

Police are investigating a possible murder in the Eabametoong First Nation community. The investigation comes after Nishnawbe-Aski Police were called about man found dead around 8 p.m. Monday.

Local police continue to work with international authorities to try to get to the bottom of an alleged Mafia link between this city and Siderno, Italy.

Regular cancer screening saved Zsu Zsa Elchuk’s life. Doctors diagnosed Elchuk with cancer two years ago and a few months later she started chemotherapy.

Too many patients combined with a lack of health-care resources has put the regional hospital in a state of gridlock, resulting in cancelled surgeries and long wait times for proper care, says a hospital official. Dr.

Peter Panetta’s refusal to create a board of directors for the Underground Gym helped cost him $15,000 in city funding in 2010.

The controversial condominiums on the city’s waterfront won’t come cheap.

A weekend search near the Piangikum First Nation has come to a tragic end. The search in the Berens Lake area began Thursday, Sept. 23, after 37-year-old Michael Dunsford failed to return from a fishing trip.

Sabrina Elliott has had to wait up to 30 minutes to drive onto the Lakehead University campus in the last few weeks because of the striking Northern Ontario School of Medicine workers. “People are sick and tired of waiting in these lines.