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The province says it is encouraging children to get active – physically and mentally – with a proposed permanent, refundable tax credit.

A popular gas station, convenience store and restaurant in Vermilion Bay is likely a total loss after a fire. The Village Corner went up in flames Monday morning along the Trans-Canada Highway.

The municipal election slate is getting crowded. Three more candidates have officially put their names in, and a longtime radio broadcaster has sent media an email indicating he plans to enter the at-large race, making it a 12-person challenge.

Trudy Reid doesn’t want people to lose their connection to local farms. An educator with the Dairy Farmers of Ontario, Reid wanted to make sure people knew where their milk came from.

Police are looking for more information about a stolen vehicle used to damage a park near the McIntyre River.

Kenora MP Greg Rickford’s new job may keep him on his toes but he said he isn’t going to let the workload distract him from his obligations in his riding. On Aug.

A resident handyman said he wanted to make sure no one was inside when he went into a burning Egan Street home on Saturday. Thunder Bay Fire and Rescue received a 911 call around 4 p.m. on Saturday.

Tobacco companies have a grim reaper named Errol Povah and he wants to eradicate the trillion-dollar industry. The 57-year-old-Vancouver resident took his first and only puff of a smoke when he was a teenager and hasn’t touched a cigarette since.

After a summer with little rainfall, the Thunder Bay area is in the midst of a rare downpour.

Police charged two Thunder Bay women with first-degree murder in connection to the death of a 30-year-old-woman at a south side hotel on Friday.