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Levi Sofea says he hopes his 13-year-old daughter doesn’t face the same racism and culture shock he experienced when he left his home community to go to school.

Visual storyteller Roy Thomas left the dimensions of this world eight years ago. Yet his legacy of bright beautiful artwork remains alive in the here and now; in Ojibwa culture and belief connections reach both backward and forward.

Pups and pooches of all sizes took a stroll around Boulevard Lake for the 17th annual charity Leash-a-thon. All manner of dogs participated in this year’s fundraiser in support of local pet charities including the Pet Trust Fund.

Police are trying to locate two missing tourists from Wisconsin after they crossed the Canadian border on Thursday.

Police charged a 52-year-old for taking household items from flood victim’s homes. Thunder Bay Police Service officers charged the man Friday afternoon after he allegedly took items left outside.

The Cowboy Junkies are celebrating their 25th year together by doing the same old thing.

Police charged three individuals in connection to a spray-painting spree that vandalized buildings, houses, vehicles and fences in the Northward area.

Friday’s rain proved not to be a problem for the Atlantic Avenue sewage treatment plant.

The Ministry of Transportation will be closing a section of Highway 17 east of Highway 614 junction in order to do repairs to that stretch of road. The temporary highway closure will take place on Sunday from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Having lost the ferrochrome smelter, Eli Moonias says he wants to visit other chromite mines around the world before he gives the go ahead to the Ring of Fire.