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Jerome Willie has seen a lot in his 78 years, but never anything like the carrot he pulled from his garden recently. Willie was pulling vegetables from the garden at his Neebing Avenue home a few days ago to donate to charity.

Rheanna Scott has always wanted a home to call her own.

More than $2.2 million worth of cocaine and heroin was seized on Sept. 22 at the Pigeon River Border crossing south of Thunder Bay.

A pledge to protect and serve can be dangerous and difficult. That’s why police, correctional and military personnel across Canada walk to remember on the last Sunday in September every year.

Almost everyone running in a fundraiser Sunday has a personal connection to cancer the organizer says. With more than 400 women a week being diagnosed with breast cancer, it’s not hard to see why.

That town in North Ontario where Neil Young continued his quest for music stardom gets a lengthy shout-out in his new book. Young devotes several pages in Waging Heavy Peace to his Fort William days.

Alana King believes in her neighbourhood and she wants others to do the same. King, who lives in the Windsor Street area, is co-chair of the Community Action Group.

A local fall and winter show could use some lousy weather. It’s hard to think about snow blowers when the sun is shining.

Dryden residents learned financial restraints were the reason behind council’s decision to potentially sell its municipally run phone services.

In just its second year, the Fall into Winter Show has already grown. “It’s pretty big,” said Judy Anderson, co-chair of the show.