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Mayor Keith Hobbs was hoping to meet with Toronto Mayor Rob Ford this week, but instead met with someone “better.

More four-year-olds can expect to spend added time in the classroom starting this fall. On Wednesday the province announced its latest round of schools that will offer full-day kindergarten. Two local schools, Ogden Community Public School and St.

Residents with physical and mental disabilities needed a one-stop shop for information on how to live independently within the community, said a George Jeffrey Children’s Centre spokeswoman.

A national charity needs the help of its staff and volunteers to develop a new strategic plan.

A snowmobiling crash has claimed a life in Northwestern Ontario. The incident took place on Tuesday south of Ear Falls.

Drew Carey and friends better look out. The Cambrian Improv Club is bringing a improvisation, comedy and storytelling camp to Thunder Bay just in time for March Break.

City police and firefighters responded to a pair of vehicle fires early Wednesday morning. Thunder Bay Police Service officials say the first vehicle fire was reported just after midnight in the 100 block of Bethune Street.

With time on his side, Marten Falls First Nation Chief Eli Moonias says preventing planes from landing near the Ring of Fire development is his best leverage to force proper consultation to take place.

More testimony was heard Tuesday at the inquest into the June 2009 OPP shooting death of a man near Pickle Lake. The inquiry is looking into the circumstances surrounding the death of Peterborough's Levi Schaeffer.

The province, mining companies and First Nation communities have a lot of work to do if they want Ring of Fire development to begin by 2015, says Ontario’s Ring of Fire co-ordinator.