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PIKANGIKUM FIRST NATION, Ont. -- A pair of Ornge air ambulances were targeted by laser-wielding assailants on Sunday and Monday, including a flight from Pikangikum First Nation to Winnipeg.

August 5, 2016 – Improvements to Water Street will continue on Monday, which will require initial lane closures as well as a complete closure of the section undergoing repair on Tuesday. On Monday, Aug.

The case of a rural Dryden couple that spent 14 years challenging the now-repealed federal long-gun registry has finally ended.

NEEBING – A Neebing man must pay the province $1,500 after being fined for illegal hunting.

THUNDER BAY – Two new forest fires have been confirmed in the Northwest Region, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. Nipigon District Fire 032, a 0.1-hectare blaze near Purdom Lake, is not under control.

WATERLOO, Iowa – The Waterloo Bucks built a five-run lead Monday night over the Thunder Bay Border Cats, but needed to hang on for a one-run win.

THUNDER BAY -- A pair of vintage bombers departed Thunder Bay Monday morning, after a week-long visit. A B-17 bomber dating back to 1944, and a smaller B-25 bomber, landed here on Holiday Monday, for public tours and even a few flights over the city.

THUNDER BAY – More than a month after animal welfare agents raided a Secord Street home and seized some 60 cat s, the smell of ammonia still hangs over half the block.

A man accused of a prison-riot hostage taking will face a two-day trial in November. Justin Beaver, 24, appeared in Superior Court on Monday where he stands accused of aggravated assault and two counts of failing to comply with a probation order.

THUNDER BAY – It’ll be a familiar-looking Canadian Lakehead Exhibition that greets visitors at this week’s fair – at least when it comes to the rides.