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City police are taking cues from social media when planning their holiday RIDE programs this season.

A city police officer was one of 18 first responders to receive a provincial award for bravery.

A 911 call made by the girlfriend of a man accused in a fatal hit-and-run will be allowed into evidence, a judge ruled Friday.

Several towns in Northwestern Ontario have received a financial boost from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization. Communities that have worked with the agency are getting $400,000 apiece for local improvement projects.

The Thunder Bay and District Humane Society is looking to fill a void for people in the market for a local calendar featuring cats and dogs. The Keri Chase Foundation produced a pet calendar for 10 years, but the final one was released last year.

Some new security measures will soon be in place at schools under the Superior-Greenstone District School Board. The school board has announced it will be installing security access devices at all 11 of its elementary schools.

Ontario’s new development corporation will push the Ring of Fire project forward, promises the mines minister.

Just in time for the holiday season, more than 120 musicians will perform Benjamin Britten’s Saint Nicolas to mark 100 years since the famous composer’s birth.

A 66-year-old Austin, Texas man is facing careless driving charges in the high-profile death of two North Glengarry, Ont. cyclists on July 23.

They say the high school years are the best years of anyone’s life. But for some teenagers there’s a darkness that lies within.