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Coun. Ken Boshcoff is calling Toronto’s special deal with Ontario’s Lottery and Gaming Corporation unfair.

A First Nations teenager has admitted he lied when he accused a Thunder Bay police officer of dropping him off outside city limits on Dec. 2.

The chair of the city’s Anti-Racism Advisory Council is calling the raising of the respect flag a milestone for the campaign.

A man charged in connection with a fatal hit and run incident has to wait until June for his day in court.

Ken Deacon says he’s worried about the health of Lake Superior. Deacon, an aquatic entomologist, will hold a presentation on the health of Lake Superior along with Lucie Lavoie, program coordinator with EcoSuperior, Tuesday at the CLE grounds.

The cost of riding City Transit buses is going up on April 1. City officials on Monday announced a single-fare ride will increase five cents, to $2.65, when the new rates kick in next month.

The 31-year-old victim of a Sunday assault has been released from the hospital. The man was allegedly assaulted in the 400 block of May Street on March 17 around 7 p.m.

A local high school is in the province’s top 100 according to the Fraser Institute. The conservative think-tank released its report cards for Ontario’s secondary schools Sunday. St.

A man armed with a knife held up a Red River Road gas station early Sunday morning, fleeing with money and cigarettes.

It started with a couple of drums and a handful of dancers. But in the 25 years since, the Lakehead Univeristy Native Student Association’s annual powwow has grown into a three day event that packs the C.J. Sanders Fieldhouse.