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With an Internet connection and a computer, residents can find out how many murders, assaults and other crimes plague their neighbourhoods, says the chief of police.

Police closed Highway 17 between Dryden and Ignace following a major crash just west of Basket Lake Road.

Investigators are looking into a pair of suspicious vehicle fires, Fire Service officials reported Tuesday. Thunder Bay Fire Service firefighters responded to a vehicle fire in the 100 block of Summit Avenue just before 4 a.m. Tuesday.

Ground could be broken for the new Mary J.L. Black Library next week but with some added costs after council approved the contract to build it Monday night.

Starting next month, "How’s the food here?" is just one of the questions residents of senior’s homes will be asked across the province.

Canada Day has a slightly different flavour this year, but will be just as fun, say organizers from several different groups putting events on throughout the day on Thursday.

The man known as the Emperor of the North has died at the age of 81.

Some residents in the city’s south core say they're scared because armed robberies, drugs, drunks and prostitutes are commonplace near their homes. In the past month convenience stores near the Victoriaville Mall area have been robbed several times.

Stan Beardy knows education is the way of the future for his people.

Anglers discovered 4,600-year-old human remains near Big Trout Lake last fall that a Lakehead University archaeological team has discovered was a man that lived at the same time the Great Pyramids were being built in ancient Egypt.