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A 57-year-old man has been arrested following a major drug bust in the city. The combined organized crime unit raided an Ambrose Street home Thursday. Officers seized more than $90,000 worth of oxycodone and marijuana.

While nearly 30 per cent of his members voted against giving the union a strike mandate, the local union president for college support staff says the 71 per cent in favour have sent a clear message.

Jordan Pretchuk loves art.

A Wisconsin man convicted of illegally shooting a wolf will have to pay $1,500. According to the MNR, the incident took place last November in the Dryden area.

Police seized oxycodone, marijuana and cash after searching a hotel room in Sioux Lookout hotel Monday.

Two people are dead following a motor vehicle crash near Red Lake. Officials with the Red lake detachment of the OPP say at 1 p.m. Thursday a pick-up truck was travelling northbound on Nungesser Road when the vehicle rolled several times.

A worker evacuated from Goldcorp Inc.’s fire-endangered Musselwhite gold mine north of Thunder Bay says it was like sitting next to a 10-mile long campfire.

Retirement took the mayor away from the police force, but it appears you can never really take the police force out of the mayor. Mayor Keith Hobbs tried to make a drug bust recently.

Cutting costs is one thing Tim Hudak doesn’t want to do if he was Ontario’s premier, but says it has to be done. Faced with a $16.

Regional bus carriers worry the possible arrival of a new transportation service will deliver a blow to their already low ridership. British Columbia-based Pacific Western Transportation Ltd.