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OPP News Release (FORT FRANCES, ON) In the early morning hours of November 7, 2015 member of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to investigate three suspicious fires.

THUNDER BAY -- city council meets tonight and will look at a motion to support the province's proposed expansion of the spring bear hunt. While some councillors expressed support, the idea is meeting some local resistance.

THUNDER BAY -- Jamie Voth came to the city as a broken man. Living in Manitoba, hooked on drugs, Voth headed to Thunder Bay in May looking for a place to recover. Six months later, he's washing dishes after serving a meal at Urban Abbey.

TORONTO - No one has the winning ticket for the $10.3-million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 6-49 draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Nov. 25 will be approximately $15-million. The lottery's grand prize was last won Nov.

Police in Sioux Lookout are investigating the sudden death of a 47-year-old man. OPP in a release said they were conducting a foot patrol in a bushy area near the north end of Fourth Avenue at about 11 a.m.

THUNDER BAY -- A three-vehicle collision involving a police cruiser on Saturday afternoon has resulted in careless driving charges against one driver.

THUNDER BAY -- Four people have been transported to hospital after a vehicle collision on the corner of Oliver and Golf Links roads. Emergency services responded to calls of a two-car collision around 1:15 p.m. on Saturday.

Thunder Bay Police are looking for a snowbrush-wielding suspect who robbed Mac’s Convenience store locations on the city’s north side early Saturday morning.

THUNDER BAY -- When Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett was first handed the critic portfolio for the department that governed Canada’s relationship with First Nations in 2011, it was known as Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

There were three-headed dogs and Grinches aplenty. There were big trucks and little ones, carrying reindeer and presents and holiday cheer.