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The Ontario government is getting serious about recycling and reducing waste in the workplace. Ten new inspectors have been hired to audit larger workplaces around the province to make sure they are green and clean.

A company that's looking to set up 40 wind turbines in Shuniah released its environmental screening report to the public. Officials with GDF Suez Energy also produced a map that shows where the windmills will be erected.

When Paul Mengelberg saw Adolf Hitler in the flesh during his time in the German navy, he said the dictator had eyes like steel. “They looked right through you,” said the Second World War veteran and German prisoner of war.

Ontario College representatives say teachers shouldn’t think that rejecting an employers' final offer won't lead to a strike.

The Northern Ontario School of Medicine injects millions of dollars into the economies of northern communities, concludes a recently released study.

Police in Fort Frances arrested a senior citizen for drug trafficking after a search of the senior’s complex he lived in. OPP officers in Fort Frances searched the Elizabeth Manor Senior’s Complex in that community Wednesday, Feb. 3.

A suspected convenience-store robber turned himself in to police Monday. Thunder Bay Police Service officials say a man entered a Mac’s Mart store on May at Dease Streets around 4 a.m. Monday.

The city will spend $2.2 million more than originally budgeted to complete the first phase of development at Prince Arthur’s Landing. Council on Monday night was told the 15 per cent increase over the original $14.

Lakehead University's Board of Governors has called a news conference for this Wednesday morning. It's expected the board will introduce the school's new president, to replace the outgoing Dr. Fred Gilbert. Gilbert is schedule to retire in May.

Since the distracted driver legislation’s education period ended Feb. 1, Thunder Bay Police Service issued only eight tickets and the OPP handed out seven to motorists using handheld devices while driving.