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OTTAWA - The only school in a troubled northwestern Ontario First Nation has closed down almost all of its classes because mould has driven away many of its teachers.

It may have taken Paul Creasey most of his adult life, but he has finally puffed on his last cigarette. Creasey finally kicked the habit after he started the Drive to Quit contest.

NORTH SPIRIT LAKE, Ont. - Residents of a northern Ontario reserve where a plane crashed into a lake Tuesday frantically tried to douse the flaming wreckage with snow but couldn't save four of the people trapped inside.

Thief takes cashbox from restaurant during morning break-in City police officers are looking for the person who broke into the Mr. Sub restaurant on Red River Road early this Tuesday morning.

Paul Pepe said when it comes to people’s safety, it’s better to err on the side of caution.

A pilot project that helped local students crunch numbers with free online math tutorials is now being offered at schools across Ontario.

City police officers are trying to figure out how an unconscious man ended up in a snow bank on Limbrick and University Drive. Thunder Bay Police Service Const. Julie Tilbury said the man was intoxicated when found just before 5 a.m. Tuesday.

The president of the union that represents the city’s transit workers says Thunder Bay needs a centralized bus terminal in the Intercity area.

Nathan Cullen thinks politicians have to start putting people first.

City police continue their search for one of the two teens who escaped from a youth detention facility.