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While there is risk, an outreach worker says the chances of becoming infected with a disease from a discarded needle are slim.

Ontario’s Fire Marshall’s Office will be investigating an apartment building fire that took place in Kenora Tuesday.

Andy Hay remembers walking into the Donald Street police station on Oct. 1, 1984 and not knowing which floor he was supposed to be on.

Many residents of a north side apartment building have started returning home, while others are still waiting at a local hotel after a fire Monday afternoon.

Shale Recollet never gave the idea of having a career in the mining industry serious thought. But that changed when he signed up for the Noront Resources and the Mining Matters Aboriginal Youth Camp.

Faced with government regulations that require the charitable organization to staff its second-hand construction supply store with 90 per cent volunteer time, Habitat’s local president and CEO Diane Mitchell on Tuesday issued a plea to the public to

A plane crash on Monday near Sioux Lookout has claimed the life of the aircraft’s pilot. Sioux Lookout OPP on Tuesday said the plane, occupied by a man from Sunfish Lake, Minn., and a dog, went down in the water south of the chutes on Abram Lake.

One person has died following a crash on Highway 17, police confirmed Tuesday morning. Officials with the Superior East OPP say officers are now investigating a motor vehicle crash that took place about 15 kilometres south of Wawa on Highway 17.

Municipalities in Ontario should get a cut of HST from gasoline and diesel to pay for infrastructure city council says. Council voted Monday to back a proposal from CAA asking the province to use part of the $1.53 billion HST from gas to fill a $3.

The city’s debt is down and reserves are up council heard Monday night. Consolidated financial statements ending Dec. 31, 2010 state the city’s debt is $169.9 million, that’s down from $182.1 million in 2009. While that’s a $12.