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Country artist Jaida Dreyer likens her life on the road to a Hank Snow song. Although born in Thunder Bay, the 24-year-old left the city at an early age often traveling from state-to-state in the United States.

Cathleen Armstrong says she doesn’t mind getting down and dirty when it’s for a good cause.

Sharla Brown didn't know how many people wanted to get dirty this weekend. The director of Keynote events was shown a mud run and thought maybe people in the city wanted to give it a try.

The Die Active Art Collective is painting the town. In its fifth season, the Definitely Superior Art Gallery initiative was wrapping up a graffiti project Friday afternoon on the back walls of businesses on Cooke Street in the city's north core.

Should the city restrict the amount of cats and dogs a person can own? It's a question Coun. Aldo Ruberto is bringing to council Monday night. Currently there is no bylaw on the books restricting the number of dogs or cats a person can own.

The blame for low attendance at Prince Arthur's Landing's splash pad this summer rests solely on the weather. In its second season, the splash pad has had half the number of people use the facility as last summer.

A Sioux Lookout man allegedly hit a police officer with a storage bin while in custody Thursday.

A transport truck driver is in hospital after a crash near Cahce Lake. Marathon OPP responded to the collision around just after 11 a.m. Thursday. The westbound transport struck a rock cut along Highway 17 in Lacoeur Township.

There were new sounds and smells outside of city hall as a new initiative kicked off. Members of the Crime Prevention Council were in Kitchener for a conference when they smelled food and heard music outside of that city's hall.

The search continues for a Thunder Bay man accused of an alleged sexual assault involving a child.