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The president of a local First Nation women’s shelter says they sometimes have to turn abused women away because they’re filled to capacity.

A provincial court judge sentenced a local man to 90 days in jail for possessing more than 1,700 child pornography images. Michael Todd Payne, 46, was sentenced Monday at the Ontario Court of Justice to three months in jail and one year of probation.

A head-on crash between a car and pickup truck along Highway 17 just west of Kenora sent one man to the district hospital with non-life threatening injuries. OPP say the crash happened around 8:30 a.m. Saturday near Inglis Lake Road.

Penny Meushquash’s wait to ride the infamous Zipper has come to an end. The 14-year-old waited a whole year before climbing into the cage of the popular ride at the Canadian Lakehead Exhibition on Sunday.

Michael Casper has been on both sides of the war that brought American and Canadian forces into conflict more than two hundred years ago.

Police have identified the man who drowned while canoeing in Pukaskwa National Park. Marathon OPP officers say that 73-year-old Erhard Frenzl from Kingston, Ont.

A man drowned Saturday afternoon in Pukaskwa National Park. OPP say two paddlers were entering the mouth of the White River from Lake Superior when their canoe capsized.

Country artist Jaida Dreyer likens her life on the road to a Hank Snow song. Although born in Thunder Bay, the 24-year-old left the city at an early age often traveling from state-to-state in the United States.

Cathleen Armstrong says she doesn’t mind getting down and dirty when it’s for a good cause.

Sharla Brown didn't know how many people wanted to get dirty this weekend. The director of Keynote events was shown a mud run and thought maybe people in the city wanted to give it a try.