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Thrill seekers had two more rides to choose from at this year’s CLE fair. The annual four –day fair held on the CLE grounds added two more rides for participants to try out.

Police charged a 34-year-old-man from Pickle Lake with assault after he allegedly assaulted two other officers. A man standing outside the Northern Store parking lot on Koval Street flagged down OPP officers around 4:30 p.m. on Friday.

Dryden town council has approved a $1.8 million contract that will improve seven kilometres of road along Highway 17. Motorists on the highway have had to deal with potholes in all three lanes of traffic.

A Thunder Bay woman who was struck by a vehicle Sunday morning on Blindline Road remains in the intensive care unit of the hospital.

Shooting stars can best be seen in the night sky once the clock strikes midnight Sunday.

Michael Griffin didn’t want a car for his 16th birthday. He wanted a straitjacket. “Ever since I was a little kid, I always wanted to be what you saw on television. I wanted to be that guy who got tied up or shackled and then got out.

Fred Eaglesmith only likes to play small music festivals these days. That’s a good thing, since the southern Ontario musician is slated to play the Live from the Rock folk festival in Red Rock this weekend.

The repairs continue on the James Street swing bridge, this time in the southboud lane. But motorists won't have to wait too long for the bridge to reopen. The aging swing bridge is being repaired by CN Rail.

Only 47 per cent of eligible women are being screened for breast cancer in Ontario. The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation wants to see that number go up.

As a student, Richard Garneau bought a chainsaw and went to work in the forest, harvesting trees, a job now done by machine.