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For Harry Feduik, the worst words he could hear as a parent are ‘your child has cancer.’ Fediuk and his wife were told their youngest son Braeden had acute lymphoblastic leukemia when he was two-and-a-half years old.

Gilbert Legarde is one of the lucky ones. Diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes more than two decades ago, he first found frustration.

A Sudbury company has been awarded a $41.9 million contract to twin a six-kilometre stretch of highway between Thunder Bay and Nipigon.

Henry Wojak on Thursday became the fourth candidate to file to seek election in Neebing Ward in the upcoming municipal election.

Students at the Thunder Bay’s two major school boards collectively raised more than $4.4 million during the 2009-10 school year, but officials with both boards say the money was not used to fund capital projects.

A security company says people selling security systems door-to-door under its name are imposters. Apex Investigation & Security Inc.

A veteran OPP officer who pleaded guilty to mischief and willfully obstructing a woman's e-mail account has managed to avoid jail time. 48-year-old Claude Montfort was a constable in Terrace Bay when the offences occurred between 2005 and 2007.

Some good news on Thunder Bay's waterfront in what has been an otherwise disappointing shipping season.

Less than a year after breaking ground, officials with Confederation College say a new medical building is on track to be completed by its deadline next spring.

Local retailers get a passing grade when it comes to recognizing point-of-sale exemptions for the recently implemented harmonized sales tax, secret shopper says.