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SAULT STE MARIE, Ont. -- The Northern Policy Institute has elected its first ever board chair and vice-chair. The Institute's Board of Directors held its inaugural meeting Wednesday in Sault Ste Marie.

The city’s waterfront has a little more art than it did a week ago. Mother Nature will dictate how long it will last.

THUNDER BAY -- Peter Moonias says he’s feeling optimistic after a meeting with the federal government.

Policing in many Northern First Nation communities are about to feel a financial squeeze.

THUNDER BAY -- City police have joined a new crime prevention campaign.

A section of John Street Road was closed for a portion of Wednesday after a morning collision between a minivan and front-end loader that sent a 21-year-old man to hospital with critical injuries.

A multi-vehicle collison near Nipigon has forced police to close Highway 11 near Nipigon. OPP said they expect the highway to remain closed for two hours or more because of the incident, which occurred Tuesday night near Orient Bay.

Northern and rural Ontario have been promised a voice in Queen’s Park. “When it comes to different regions of this province, your new government will not address your issues in isolation because you are not isolated,” Lt.-Gov.

Members of the North Superior Workforce Planning Board were encouraged to think globally and act locally Tuesday. A conference was held at the Victoria Inn featuring a keynote address by a Canadian Entrepreneur.

Investigators of a major fire that destroyed a vacant apartment building are calling the blaze “highly suspicious.