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Bear relocation has not been effective, which is why the province is scrapping it from the Bear Wise program, says Minister of Natural Resources Michael Gravelle.

Curler Carl Levesque has decided to move from the ice rink to the basketball court. Levesque, who skipped for the Thunder Bay team at the recent Canadian Wheelchair Curling Champ-ionship, admitted he hasn’t played basketball since high school.

The region’s First Nations and municipal leaders are frustrated and disappointed by a lack of planning from the province and Cliff’s Natural Resources on the Ring of Fire.

Police arrested two people at an area airport Friday and charged them with possession for the purpose of trafficking.

Sudbury has won the coveted Ring of Fire ferrochrome processor plant.

It will be weeks before a local community group will know if they can move into its new home. Evergreen, a United Neighbourhood has been waiting for more than a year to start making the former Hells Angels Clubhouse on Heron Street its own.

The ferrochrome processing facility wait may over for three Northern Ontario communities in the hunt for the plant.

A fire that caused extensive damage in a Picton Avenue home on Sunday night is now being investigated as an arson case. The blaze was on the second floor of building, causing extensive fire, heat and smoke damage to the home.

Police have charged a 72-year-old man with two counts of indecent assault and five counts of sexual assault.

Doctors need to understand the needs of the community they serve and the patients they see.