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A jar discovered with bear fur inside near Lambert Island Thursday morning matches one seen stuck on the head of a black bear in a photograph taken Tuesday.

A Ring of Fire co-ordinator will likely split time between Thunder Bay and Toronto, says the provincial minister responsible for filling the new position.

Nipigon Mayor Richard Harvey is no longer alone in the race to represent the Conservatives in Thunder Bay-Superior North in the next federal election.

A Fort Frances area man has been charged with 12 sex-related offences dating as far back as 1992. Fort Frances OPP officials say the offences were committed against three men who were in their early teens at the time.

A project on the north shore that has been in the works for more than a decade is nearing completion. The need for a long-term care facility in the Schreiber and Terrace Bay area was first identified nearly 15 years ago.

A $39-million, three-year skills training program targeting Northern Ontarians should put people back to work, says the province’s Aboriginal Affairs minister.

Police near Kenora are investigating a fatal, single-vehicle crash that took place on Jones Road Thursday morning.

The township of Dorion is in mourning after the sudden passing of the community's Reeve. Linda Tolmonen,62, died Tuesday after what has been described as a brief illness.

A century old lighthouse on the western edge of Pie Island in the Thunder Bay harbour will be demolished before the end of this summer.

There's been another accident at a problematic intersection on Thunder Bay's south side. A collision corner of Donald and Simpson streets sent one person to hospital with minor injuries Wednesday afternoon.