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Boxes are overflowing with stacks of collection notices for public intoxication fines inside Shelter House.

MANITOUWADGE, Ont. -- A high risk offender is now living in Manitouwadge, Ont., provincial police announced Thursday. The OPP made the announcement in accordance with the Police Services Act after Gordon Joseph Oliver, 74, was released from custody.

The public had a chance to give their input on the city's infrastructure priorities Wednesday.

Ken Boshcoff says a decision to cut down tamarack trees is embarrassing the city on a national level.

Students at Hammarskjold and Dennis Franklin Cromarty high schools were recognized Wednesday for their effort spreading the message of the city’s Respect program to their peers.

A staked corridor into the Ring of Fire was done illegally, accuses a First Nations chief. In 2009 KWG Resources staked a north-south corridor leading into the area as a proposed rail route.

The province is considering making changes to the penalties levied against distracted drivers.

Lakehead University is reaching out to its neighbours in an effort to make new learning opportunities.

Sean Fowler is living proof that mistakes made as a teenager can haunt the rest of one’s life. As teenagers, he and his friends regularly climbed through moving trains in Fort Erie, Ont.

HEARST, Ont. -- One man is dead and now another faces drug charges after police found cocaine at the scene of a fatal crash on Highway 11 Tuesday morning.