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THUNDER BAY – Children represent hope for the future. That’s what drives the African Children’s Choir, which will brings it inspirational and heartwarming show to Thunder Bay on Aug. 30 with a pair of performances.

Grand Portage Lodge and Casino is betting a multi-million dollar renovation will bring in more visitors from north of the border.

The first time Jamie Zaroski took the steamboat he built out on the Kaministiquia River, his neighbours posted on social media that there might be a locomotive crossing their backyard.

TORONTO, ONTARIO- The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing 55,000 education workers in Ontario's schools, requested a no-board report on Wednesday, potentially putting its members across the province in a legal strike position

Celia Echum has secured a fifth term as chief of Ginoogaming First Nation near Longlac. Echum defeated challenger Kelly Fortier with a vote count of 185 to 107 to continue to lead the community of 800 members in the band's election on Aug. 19.

Fifty-two Aboriginal youth from 30 Frist Nations graduated from provincial employment programs this weekend.

Ontario's NDP health critic is putting the third party's weight behind Nishnawbe Aski Nation's call to have the Coroner's Office investigate and attend every scene where child deaths occur on First Nations.

For the second consecutive day, lightning struck a single tree in Northwestern Ontario and that's the extent of new forest fire reports. Saturday's lightning strike in the Dryden area ignited a tree and went no further, registering at 0.

THUNDER BAY – City streets will be on the agenda as council returns Monday. A report will be heading to city council outlining what, if anything, the city can do with money that was supposed to be used on Cumberland Street this year.

Automatic Licence Plate Recognition technology was responsible for Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police seizing a stolen car on Friday.