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Bob Rae says he’s been in talks with a regional First Nations council to work together on the Ring of Fire. But the interim Liberal leader couldn’t say exactly what his role would be. “I don’t think it’s clear yet.

Investigators say arson is suspected in a Machar Avenue house fire. Firefighters responded to the blaze on the evening of March 6 after reports that smoke and flames could be seen coming from the building.

Marissa Scott travelled nearly 1,400 kilometres to get a first-hand look at Lakehead University. The prospective student from the Goderich, Ont.

It started out as an effort to check commercial vehicles, but a large number of non-commercial vehicle operators also ended up with tickets following an enforcement check at the Mapleward Road landfill site on Saturday.

Greenstone's two area sawmills need to be restarted. That was the main focus of a recent meeting between the mayor and the Minister of Natural Resources at the Ontario Good Roads Conference. One sawmill is in Longlac, the other in Nakina.

A controversial piece of sports memorabilia will remain on display at the Regional Cancer Centre. There has been heated debate over whether a Lance Armstrong jersey that has been prominently displayed at the Centre should be taken down.

A Fort Frances high school teacher is now the head of a provincial teachers’ union. Paul Elliott was voted in as president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation at a conference in Toronto Sunday.

Everyone knows that Finnish people played a big role in the history of Thunder Bay.

Stargazers might be able to catch a glimpse of the comet Pan-STARRS this week as it enters the northern hemisphere.

Lois Garrity calls the Duke Hunt Museum Oliver-Paipoonge’s connection to its past. “I think it is important to know who you are and where you came from,” says the 77-year-old curator of the Rosslyn Road facility.