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OPP Media Update (FORT FRANCES, ON) - The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have been receiving an increasing number of complaints from local bus drivers and concerned citizens regarding vehicles not stopping for school buses that are stopped with thei

THUNDER BAY -- A local art shop and an art gallery will both be celebrating anniversaries at their new locations this week. Painted Turtle and Gallery 33 both celebrate their first year at the new location on 4 Balsam St. on Tuesday.

THUNDER BAY -- Options for city snow and ice removal will be among the topics discussed at Thunder Bay city council tonight.

TORONTO - There is one winning ticket for the $18 million jackpot offered in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw, and it was sold somewhere on Ontario. The guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a ticket sold in Quebec.

FORT FRANCES, ON - Resolute Forest Products pleaded guilty and has been fined $150,000 after a worker was burned following an explosion of wood dust.

VERMILLION BAY – Warming water from climate change is beginning to encroach on the habitat of Northwestern Ontario’s cold water fish. Research conducted at the Experimental Lakes Area shows the region’s temperature has warmed 0.

Cancer’s reach hit home over the Christmas holidays for Jim Cameron. At the hospital for his final chemotherapy treatment, the Thunder Bay native said he saw a lot of familiar faces seeking the same.

TORONTO - No one has the winning ticket for the 60-million-dollar jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. However, nine of the 23 Maxmillions prizes up for grabs were won. Each is worth $1 million.

TUNDER BAY -- Police apprehended a man carrying a replica handgun at the Polish Legion on Friday night. Thunder Bay Police Service officers were called to the Simpson Street legion at 10 p.m.

THUNDER BAY -- While Quebec City may be more 1,800 kilometres away, a local public school had no problems adopting its culture to help celebrate winter. The Kingsway Park Public School transformed into an old fashioned Quebec Carnival Friday.