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A family of eight from Quebec is trying to raise money for kids' fitness in a unique way. The Chicoine family is running a Marathon of Health to raise money for Kidsport Canada, Right to Play, and Get America Fit.

After a year-long court battle, a 58-year-old man arrested in Thunder Bay on sex-related charges has been extradited to the U.S. Police arrested Patrick Molesti in March of 2010 on a bus passing through the city.

Firefighters have one more forest fire to worry about in the Northwest as they work to extinguish a blaze in the Dryden area. Ministry of Natural Resources officials say the 0.

Members of the Nor’Wester Mountain Escarpment Protection Committee are presenting an American-made documentary at the Community Auditorium Thursday night. The film, titled Windfall, focuses on a wind farm development in upstate New York.

Mishkeegogamang Ojibway Nation is evacuating toddlers and their parents, elders and people who experience difficulty breathing because of smoke from a nearby forest fire.

A university must look to build partnerships in the community in addition to educating students, says the chancellor of the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Lendley C.

While companies might be willing to invest in roads and railways to the Ring of Fire, an official with Cliff’s Natural Resources says it will ultimately be provincial infrastructure.

The two men charged in the attempted robbery of a south-side convenience store will appear in court again later in the month.

Suzan Rochon doesn’t want the debate over a location for a proposed multiplex to cause a Fort William versus Port Arthur intercity fight. But the Waterfront District BIA chairwoman says the city’s north-side appears to be the better fit.

Police named the suspected driver of a vehicle that struck a Marathon construction worker Monday.