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Lakehead University has put together a task force to bring a proposed law school in the city closer to reality.

Wasaya Group Inc. and a pair of First Nations development corporations are entering the helicopter business. A long-awaited partnership deal between the three organizations and V. Kelner Helicopters Inc.

Paramedics could save even more lives if a more people knew CPR, says the deputy chief of the Superior North EMS.

Independence is the key if the new Northern Policy Institute is to be a success. That's according to a group of northern organizations, which has drawn up some recommendations for the specials advisors of the Institute.

A teddy bear in every police car will go a long way to help children in traumatic situations, says the region’s OPP superintendent. The OPP re-launched its community bear program on Wednesday. Aviva Canada Inc.

Six people face charges following a recent drug bust by the combined forces crime unit. Police wrapped up a five-month long undercover investigation code-named operation Quasimodo Tuesday. The operation ended with police raids of two city residences.

Jim Madder says it’s a great time for education in Northwestern Ontario.

Suing the city for $126 million was like going to a parent during a sibling rivalry the head of a controversial proposed wind farm says.

Dog owners in Westfort will soon have an off-leash dog park to call their own. The City is moving ahead with plans to create an off-leash dog park at the Westfort playfields.

One person is injured after a vehicle struck a pedestrian on Algoma Street near the Bay Street intersection Tuesday afternoon. Officers with the Thunder Bay Police Service are still investigating what exactly happened.