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Alison Levesque knows the importance of passing on her French culture to her two children. The mother of two from Marathon, Ont.

Christina Haveman has returned to defend her former school’s title as champion of the Youth Dragon Boat Festival.

Military reservists don’t need to be worrying about whether they’ll have a job when they return from deployment, said Capt. Marshall Erickson. “They could be going into high-risk situations.

There are 25 million ounces of gold under the region’s feet ready to be taken out in the next five years. Even without major discoveries in the Ring of Fire, the region will have a mining boom industry experts say.

James Street will be reduced to one lane of traffic on Sunday, May 27 across the CN Swing Bridge. The closure will begin at 7:45 a.m. and is expected to last for six hours with each lane closed for a three-hour period for CN Bridge inspection.

More than 98 per cent of a car battery can be recycled, including the lead, acid and plastic casing. Starting this Saturday, CAA is launching their weeklong Great Battery Roundup.

A group of Westfort businesses have helped the Regional Food Distribution Association to the tune of $973.

Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources is deploying more crews from the Northwest to assist in firefighting efforts near Timmins.

It’s not every day that you get to take your macabre and funny dream around the world to sell-out crowds.

The flood outlook for Thunder Bay and surrounding area is now a flood watch.