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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.

If Mike Henry has a favourite NFL team, it’s probably the Minnsota Vikings. Better known to his legions of Counting Cars fans as Horny Mike, there’s not much the History Channel star won’t adorn his trademark horns to these days.

Among promises to deliver lifelong pensions for injured veterans this week, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau promised to re-open nine Veteran's Affairs offices across the country that were closed last year.

THUNDER BAY -- What's good for the fish is good for the river.