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THUNDER BAY -- The lights at Magnus Theatre cast a soft sepia glow on the Man In Black, writing roughly through a Sunday morning. On the other side of his alcohol-induced stupor of depression, Johnny Cash would redeem himself in Nashville.

A deadly house fire in Nipigon has claimed two lives in Nipigon. The community’s volunteer fire department responded to the blaze early Sunday morning and found a home fully engulfed in flames.

TORONTO – Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation (Grassy Narrows) is filing legal proceedings against Ontario, alleging logging plans will cause further mercury poisoning to the nearby ecosystem.

THUNDER BAY -- There was a middle path on the last organized bicycle ride of the season, Sunday's Caribou Ride has traditionally had a 50-kilometre and 100-kilometre race but this year, organizers added a 75-kilometre race due to popular demand.

Three people are dead following an early-morning motor-vehicle collision on Highway 17 east of Dryden. Ontario Provincial Police say they responded to the crash at just after 1 a.m..

THUNDER BAY -- Maybe it's a special kind of friend who gives a kidney to save a life. Maybe anyone could be that kind of a friend to a stranger. For almost all of 2008, Terry Gallant was taking dialysis 11 hours a day for kidney failure.

THUNDER BAY -- If Southern Ontario is "the new rustbelt," Northern Ontario's labour market is even rustier.

THUNDER BAY -- At the halfway point of the federal election campaign, Ontario's First Nations chiefs have announced they won't wait to see whether the next government will call an inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls.

A serious motor vehicle collision has closed Highway 17 near Airport Road in Dryden. Ontario Provincial Police said they're unsure how long until the road reopens. No other details are available at this time.

THUNDER BAY -- Of all the local summer street festivals, the one held in the South Core on Saturday felt the most like a strolling tour of neighbourhood businesses.