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Diversifying the region’s economy can’t be done without a university, says Lakehead University’s new president.

Devin Van Elburg says it’s hard for teenagers to fathom just how young soldiers who went off to fight in the First and Second World Wars actually were.

The only way to succeed in life is by learning that no one will give you anything for free, the former Assembly of First Nations chief Phil Fontaine said to a roomful of high school students.

Plans for a new hotel are good news for air travellers and the city, says a manager with the airport authority.

Palliative care in Canada needs a new look, says a pair of experts who have watched the country’s health-care landscape drastically change along with an aging population.

A man and woman have been arrested and charged following a daylight robbery in the parking lot of a south-side grocery store Wednesday.

When 11-year-old Cassidy Takacs is flying down a racetrack in her dragster, winning is never at the top of her mind. "I feel all the wind coming to my lungs and I just focus on where I’m going," said the Grade 6 Nor’wester View Public School student.

Bruce Strapp says his first order of business as the new executive director of Northern Ontario Heritage Fund is to get to know his board of directors.

The creation of a new tourism organization does not mean the end of the North of Superior Tourism Association, says that association’s executive director.

A plan to build a residence for a local high school would keep students safe, says an education official.