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The Thunder Bay North Stars might want to think twice before accepting any future penalties handed to the Fort Frances Lakers.

THUNDER BAY -- Despite their insistence to the contrary, the Ontario Liberals intended for Cliffs Natural Resources to pay a new chromite tax for mining in the Ring of Fire.

THUNDER BAY -- Tools aren't toys but that doesn't mean they can't be fun.

CAT LAKE FIRST NATION -- The Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service has seized "several ounces" worth of marijuana and arrested a 20-year-old man for trafficking the drug in Cat Lake First Nation.

THUNDER BAY -- Social assistance rates are inching up in November but looking back over decades, Bill Bradica sees a small slope on a long road. Starting on Nov.

THUNDER BAY -- A 34-year-old woman found unconscious on the Pacific Ave. Bridge was pronounced dead in hospital on Friday night. Emergency services responded to a passerby's call at 10 p.m..

TORONTO - There are two winning tickets for the $60-million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. One was sold in Edmonton, and the other in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador. Each ticket is worth $30-million.

THUNDER BAY -- A pedestrian is in hospital getting stitches to his head at this hour after being struck by a vehicle outside the McIntyre Centre. Emergency Services were called to the intersection of Memorial Avenue and Isabel Street at 6 p.m.

KENORA -- Students who were locked down in four Kenora schools throughout Friday afternoon were released on time amid a heavy police presence.

The owner of Canada’s last independent women’s bookstore has died. A Thunder Bay pillar for women’s rights and co-founder of the Northern Women’s Bookstore Margaret Phillips passed away on Wednesday at the age of 84.