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Eli Moonias says he believes the judicial review of the federal environmental assessment of the Ring of Fire won’t address all of his community’s concerns with the project.

The City of Thunder Bay has received its latest casino payout from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission. This was the first quarterly payment under a new revenue formula announced by the province in May.

With rising rates of obesity, heart disease and diabetes in the region’s Aboriginal population, Nishnawbe Aski Nation is looking to improve access to healthy food in northern communities.

A cross-country cycling trip came to a tragic end for a married couple Tuesday. Robert Booth, 65, and Irene, 69 were struck and killed by a pickup truck travelling east on Highway 11/17 near Red Rock Tuesday afternoon.

Striking Dilico Anishinabek Family Care workers could be back to work as early as August.

A 13-year-old is under arrest after a break-and-enter investigation at the Lottery Shop at County Fair Plaza.

A rally was held in Kenora Tuesday in an effort to save the Treaty 3 Police Service. Members of the force were holding their Annual General Meeting. The Treaty 3 Police Chief has previously announced the service will be disbanded on Aug.

Two cyclists are dead after a collision near Nipigon Tuesday afternoon. The pair, part of a group of 25 cyclists travelling from Vancouver, were struck by an eastbound pick-up truck on Highway 11/17 near Red Rock Road 9 just after 3 p.m.

Fifty-five-year-old J. Normand Noel has been identified by police as the victim of a fatal ATV crash in Marathon.

A local organization is looking for help to decide what to do with a pair of restored buses. Once a common site in Fort William and Port Arthur, brill buses were phased out of the area decades ago.