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Law enforcement officers from across the region got a lesson in sobriety testing from some impaired volunteers Wednesday afternoon.

Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board wants public input on how it can solve its future financial issues, says the chair of the review panel. The WSIB panel held its public session at the Valhalla Inn on Wednesday.

The leader of the Conservative Party of Canada is coming to town. Moe Comuzzi-Stehmann, the party's candidate for Thunder Bay-Rainy River, said Stephen Harper will be at the DaVinci Centre on Monday evening.

Whenever Heather Donaghy saw one of her peers pick on another student at school, she had to step in. The Grade 12 Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute student wore a pink shirt in part of the annual Day of Pink on Wednesday.

Ignace residents are getting the opportunity to see first-hand what becoming the potential host site for the country's used nuclear waste will involve.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper could be making a campaign stop in Thunder Bay next week. A source within the Conservative Party says there's a "fair possibility" that Harper will be in Thunder Bay on Monday.

Hillcrest High School will re-open for business in about six weeks time.

Heading into its eighth year, the city’s Girl Power Conference continues to grow, adding participants and activities.

Residents of an Oliver Road apartment building said they were shocked to learn what had transpired in their quiet building Monday night.

A 61-year-old woman is dead and her 63-year-old husband is in custody charged in the city’s second homicide of 2011. The unidentified man, who surrendered to police at their Balmoral Street headquarters just before 11 p.m.