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Veteran boat builder Paul Bouvier says he`ll rip out the dragons’ hearts if his invention takes him to Toronto and into their den.

Lenny Solomon always wanted to throw his favourite violinists in a room, lock the door and see what came out.

A city campaign to get out the vote inspired a local filmmaker to get involved in municipal politics the best way he knew how – with a camera. Paul Morralee has spent the last 100 days documenting city council.

This week's spring-like weather is causing concerns at one of the area's busier ice fishing spots, and officials at Lac Des Milles Lacs are now warning anglers to get their ice huts off the lake as soon as possible.

Looking back on his first 100 days as mayor, Mayor Keith Hobbs says he wouldn’t have done anything different. Hobbs took the mayor’s chair Dec. 6.

SPCA officials say a veterinarian has examined about 40 horses, cows and pigs on the property of an O’Connor Township farm, and filed compliance orders against the 83-year-old property owner.

Police in Nipigon charged a Peterborough man with theft after they stopped him for speeding in a car that was reported stolen.

Bruce Hyer said it would be unfortunate if Stephen Harper were to become the first prime minister in Canadian and Commonwealth history to be held in contempt of Parliament.

A Thunder Bay area man is dead and another man has been charged, police in Northeastern Ontario confirmed Friday. Few details are known at this time, but OPP Northeast Region Det. Staff Sgt.

Bearskin Airlines is still on track to deliver daily service between Thunder Bay and Minneapolis, but delays in the approval process south of the border have pushed back the launch until at least the fall.