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Icy conditions continue to plague the region's highways.

The Ontario government has signed a deal that will keep the Experimental Lakes Area open in 2014.

Some high school students might have to take a longer trek to get to class. At the request of trustees, the Lakehead District School Board is reviewing their policy on how far students have to walk before bus transportation is provided.

The Lakehead University Student Union traded their protest signs for negotiation tactics after the university's board of governors approved a tuition hike for the eight consecutive year.

An expiration date will cost the health care system billions of dollars a local health coalition says.

Dog owners who continue to use land behind the Lakehead Psychiatric Hospital as an impromptu off-leash dog park could wind up in court. If convicted, they could face a fine as high as $5,000.

A 23-year-old man is facing child-pornography charges after two computers, flash drives and a series of SD cards were seized from a Hodder Avenue residence.

Families trying to care for adults with developmental needs are often left with no options, say experienced field workers.

A highway collision that claimed the life of a Dryden man remains under investigation but at this point no charges will be laid.

Opportunities for local filmmakers to show their work on the big screen at home are fairly rare. That makes the chances they do have, such as the North of Superior Film Association's annual Northwest Film Fest, extra special.