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Police seized nearly 300 grams of pot during a RIDE checkpoint in Vermillion Bay Friday. Officials with the Dryden detachment of the OPP say officers conducting the RIDE program spotted a black pickup truck attempting to avoid the police checkpoint.

While the family of Levi Schaeffer is relieved and grateful that the inquest into his death is over, it hasn’t brought them any closure.

Jeff Tanguay says he expects to have a sleepless night tonight. The Thunder Bay native lives in Ichikawa, Japan, which is about 20 minutes outside of Tokyo by commuter train, and said everyone appears shaken up as aftershocks from an 8.

Three of the seven local men implicated by Italian Police in a global mafia crackdown have now hired a Thunder Bay lawyer to help clear their names. Defence attorney Christopher Watkins said he's been retained by Vito, Tony and Rocco Minnella.

Activation Laboratories continues to expand its Northwestern Ontario operations with the help of $1 million from the province. Through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation’s Enterprises North Program, the Ancaster, Ont.

St. Patrick High School will likely continue its pro-life Day of Silent Solidarity event despite the controversy it sparked when students formed a counter demonstration Thursday.

The potential loss of Hockey Night in Canada and other popular CBC programs has been eliminated for Thunder Bay Television viewers. This follows the finalization of a new programming agreement between CKPR-Television and the CBC this week.

March is recognized nationally as Kidney Health Month and the Kidney Foundation of Canada is busy getting the word out about proper kidney health and the need for organ donations. Officials with the foundation were at St.

A fifth community in Northwestern Ontario is now being considered as a potential host site for the long-term storage of the country's nuclear waste.

An area MP had a disappointing victory on Parliament Hill after a vote on his private member’s bill.