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For Michael Rennie, whole-ecosystem research has come full-circle in a very short time at the Experimental Lakes Area.

PRESS RELEASE -- Leaders of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing 55,000 education workers in Ontario's schools, voted overwhelmingly on the weekend in favour of escalating job actions to begin the first week of school.

It's hard to believe this used to be a prisoner of war camp. The beautiful beaches of Neys that were once a forced home to German prisoners captured in World War II are celebrating 50 years as a provincial park.

THUNDER BAY -- No one keeps score in backyard games. Horeshoes and murderball have always been played for fun -- until now. Now, Thunder Bay is known as backyard game champions. .

RED LAKE --- The Red Lake Detatchment of the Ontario Provincial Police is looking for information on a break and enter in a local residence. Between 1 p.m. on Aug. 26 and 7 a.m. on Aug.

Fire crews have extinguished Fort Frances Fire Number 18, along the shore of Rainy Lake near Red Gut Bay. The fire lit on Saturday and was held to 0.1 hectares.

TORONTO - Tne single winning ticket for the $7-million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 6-49 draw was purchased in Toronto.

THUNDER BAY -- A controversial proposed pipeline will flow to council Monday night as Coun. Paul Pugh is asking that the city oppose the project. The Energy East pipeline would see bitumen flow from Alberta to refineries in Quebec and New Brunswick.

In the bouncy castle on the street outside Thunder Bay Masjid, children of all backgrounds played together through Saturday afternoon. They learned to write their names in Arabic and got Henna tattoos in booths against the outside wall of the mosque.

Even though his cycle and ski shop was badly burned in a fire on Friday night, Fresh Air Experience owner Peter Tofinetti wasn't about to take Saturday off work.