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To keep racing in the family, Jim Malo asked his 11-year-old-niece to sit behind the driver’s seat for the first time at an annual soap box race. Michaela Kunnas, 11, never drove in the George Jeffrey Children’s Centre Soap Box Races before.

This year might be the last for a long-standing memorial service for soldiers in the Lake Superior Regiment, says a past president of a local ex-service organization.

People living in poverty or homeless deserve a chance to live a healthy life, says high school students at the Teen Survival Challenge.

Tanning beds and over exposure to sunlight has increased the rate of skin cancer, says a dermatologist at the regional hospital.

With more people living in poverty every year, the role of the shelter house becomes essential in providing basic needs to the community, says the marketing and development coordinator.

A family’s garage on Mountain Road has been reduced to rubble after an early morning fire. Thunder Bay Fire and Rescue crews were called to the residence at around 4 a.m. Friday, and found the garage completely engulfed in flames.

When Laurie Niskanen started taking Confederation College’s human resources management program part-time in 2004, she never imagined she’d be collecting her diploma in the same graduation ceremony as her daughter Maija Zucchiatti.

Approximately $800,000 worth of marijuana was seized from a John Street residence Thursday by the Combined Forces Organized Crime Unit. At 8:30 a.m.

One person was sent to the hospital after a two-car collision on the corner of Junot Avenue and John Street Friday afternoon. The crash occurred just after 2:30 p.m.

Comments made by coun. Robert Tuchenhagen calling the city’s firefighters "spoiled" are his own opinion and are not shared by the rest of council says coun. Aldo Ruberto.