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OPP Media Update (FORT FRANCES, ON) – On January 27, 2016 at 3:08 am, officers of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a traffic complaint of a motor vehicle in the ditch on Highway 11 approximatel

Ministry of Northern Development and Mines Media Update Ontario is investing in northern highway infrastructure near Nipigon to make travel easier and safer. Through Ontario's Northern Highways Program, the province is investing $2.

Four people were sent to hospital following a two-vehicle crash near the downtown North Core Tuesday afternoon. The collision happened around 1 p.m. at the corner of Water Street and Park Avenue.

THUNDER BAY -- Another manager has left the city. General Manager of Community Services Michael Smith's resignation was announced Wednesday. Smith will be taking a job somewhere in Southern Ontario.

THUNDER BAY -- An African children's choir is in Canada to have fun but also help other kids at home. The Asante Children's Choir is two weeks into their five-month Canadian tour, spending the next few days in Thunder Bay.

THUNDER BAY -- The Province of Ontario is missing out on billions of tax dollars and thousands of mining jobs for the people of Northwestern Ontario. That's according to a new research report published by the Northern Policy Institute.

THUNDER BAY -- The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decision confirming funding disparity for on-reserve child welfare services surprised no one in the region’s First Nations leadership but the recognition was welcomed.

THUNDER BAY – Consideration should be given to building a replacement to the 90-year-old district jail, agreed lawyers representing the families of two inmates who died in the facility and the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Servi

THUNDER BAY -- Lakehead University and Confederation College are teaming up with Canadian Blood Services to find some much needed bone marrow donors. Registration is open to students and the public.

THUNDER BAY -- Rumours that Lakehead Public Schools will close a high school have been around for more than a decade. In 2004 the board made public a C.N. Watson report that recommended school closures, including Churchill by 2017.