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Thunder Bay had its mildest December on record in 2015, Environment Canada has confirmed. But that doesn’t mean this area will have a more comfortable than usual January.

OPP Media Release (FORT FRANCES, ON) – On January 1, 2016 at approximately 2:40 am, officers of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop near Portage Avenue South and First Street East

OPP Media Release (Geraldton, ON) The Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is advising the public of a hoax currently circulating in the Greenstone area.

It may have been a hockey event, but for many it was a second coming home for breakout musician Coleman Hell.

TORONTO - There is one winning ticket for the $23.8-million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 6-49 draw. The ticket was sold somewhere in Quebec. The jackpot for the next 6-49 draw on Jan. 6 will be approximately $5-million.

Police in Sioux Lookout have arrested a man and charged him with stealing a snowmobile. Area OPP said Saturday in a release they conducted a traffic stop after witnessing a snowmobile traveling at a high rate of speed near 7th Avenue.

THUNDER BAY -- The local New Year's baby arrived 11 days before he was expected. Evan John Hearn was born at 2:06 p.m. New Year's Day after mother Caley Vrastak spent New Year's Eve in labour. "I'm exhausted.

Leading up to the New Year, our news editors dig through all of the headlines of 2015 and try to determine which were the most important of the year. Creating these lists of past headlines for our Year in Review package can be challenging.

TORONTO - No one has the winning ticket for the $32.6-million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for next Friday's draw on Jan. 8 will be approximately $44-million. The lottery's grand prize was last won Dec.

Thunder Bay Police have located a missing nine-year-old, last seeen leaving his grandmother's Finlayson Street residence at approximately 4 p.m. on New Year's Day. Police say the youngster was found at a friend's home.