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Protesters say they are speaking for the rights of the unborn children and want abortion abolished from Canada. More than a hundred residents gathered along the sidewalk at the intersection of Memorial Avenue and Central Avenue on Sunday.

A popcorn spill had HMCS Griffon naval reservists on alert to contain the fluffy snack before it caused any environmental damage.

Carol MacDonald lived and breathed the Westfort Community Centre. She took her first steps on to the wooden flooring back in 1947 when she was about six years old.

There is no time for Andree Robichaud to ease into the job of president and CEO of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre as the hospital continues to operate in a state of gridlock.

As the Northern Ontario School of Medicine strike continues to drag on, a small group of Lakehead University students are voicing their displeasure over how the strike has impacted their access to the school.

Federal Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff is expected to make a Thunder Bay visit later this month. Sources with the party say the federal Liberal leader is scheduled to stop in the city on Oct. 28.

Five people have been injured in a head-on collision between two freight trains near Duluth. The crash took place Thursday afternoon about 20 kilometres north of Two Harbors.

Many newly-weds to be have been canceling their shags following some confusion about the rules surrounding the raffling off of prizes.

About 50 per cent of First Nations children have problems with speech and language by the time they start junior kindergarten, reports the Thunder Bay District Health Unit.

Motorists travelling through the Atikokan - Fort Frances area will continue to encounter delays this fall due to roadwork and the reconstruction of the Noden Causeway.