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DRYDEN -- Two 29-year-old Kitchener men were transporting over three kilograms of marijuana through Machin on Thursday but that's as far as they got.

No one won the $50-million Lotto Max jackpot on Friday night, but someone in the Thunder Bay area is $498,402 richer. An Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation spokeswoman said in an email a second-place ticket was purchased locally.

MISHKEEGOGAMANG, Ont. - A fatal residential fire is under investigation in the community about 315 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay.

THUNDER BAY - City police are continuing to receive reports of break-ins to homes and vehicles within city limits and semi-rural areas during early morning hours.

THUNDER BAY - Police are seeking a missing 49-year-old man. The Thunder Bay Police Service issued a media release Friday afternoon announcing they are looking for Joseph Loroff, who was last seen at about 9:45 a.m. Thursday morning at ERCO Worldwide.

THUNDER BAY -- Police in the region are disappointed that the next generation isn't getting the message when it comes to drinking and driving. As the Festive RIDE season kicked off Friday morning on Arthur Street, OPP Acting traffic Staff Sgt.

THUNDER BAY – Peyton Gribble believes violence against women is never acceptable.

A dozen or so years ago, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine was little more than a pipe dream. The provincial government was adamant it could serve the medical needs of the region through other options.

Iain Angus says Ontario’s auditor general did a disservice to Thunder Bay and Atikokan in a damning annual report that criticizes the cost to produce electricity at biomass generating stations in the two northern communities.

THUNDER BAY – The unemployment rate for this area was on the rise in November. New data from Statistics Canada shows Thunder Bay’s unemployment rate in November reached 5.3 per cent, which is up from the 4.9 per cent recorded in October.