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Steve Lawson moved into his home with his four children and spouse after he qualified seven years ago. The Mishkeegogamang First Nation resident lived with his brother for two years before that.

Michael Kelly shot Judie Thibault in the back of the head with a .22-calibre rifle in their garage in November 2000, he told an undercover OPP officer during a sting operation two years ago.

Police have released the identity of a teenager killed following a highway crash Sunday morning. Officials with the Thunder Bay detachment of the OPP say Matthew Gibbons, 17, was killed after a collision on Highway 11-17, near Pineview Road.

Officials with the region’s hospital are looking for the publics’ help to enforce its no-smoking policy. Since the rules came into effect, people have continued to smoke on the Thunder Bay Regional health Sciences Centre property.

A 17-year-old Thunder Bay man is dead following a collision Sunday between van and a tractor trailer in Kakabeka Falls. Thunder Bay OPP are investigating the crash, which occurred around 4:50 a.m.

A Fort Frances couple who family thought went missing in Texas has been found alive and well.

Police are looking for two suspects in connection to an assault that took place on Friday. Thunder Bay Police Service officer say two men entered a South Court Street apartment around 3 p.m. Police say the men then produced a hammer and knife.

Some of the best and brightest in the Thunder Bay region walked the red carpet at the first Northern Ontario Visionary Awards.

Police have reopened a single lane along Highway 17 at Cavers Hill near Rossport following a motor vehicle collision. Nipigon OPP opened the single lane along the highway to traffic after they issued a closure around 9:40 a.m. Sunday.

First Nation chiefs across Northwestern Ontario say they hope the meeting with the prime minister will help to improve conditions for their communities.