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Pregnancy tests are headed to the women's bathroom at Lakehead University's on-campus bar.

OPP are conducting a recovery effort after a male entered the Mackenzie River and didn't resurface. Police say four males were diving into the water around the 200 block of Mackenzie Heights Road just before 3:30 p.m.

Police can’t say why investigators chose to keep sexual assault charges against a man confidential. Jeff Paxton was arrested Monday with sexual assault for incidents involving young boys between 1983 and 2004.

Tom Holmquist can go camping in style this summer. The Thunder Bay man is the winner of this year’s Spring into Summer trailer draw in support of St. John Ambulance.

Raven Sutherland says introducing the seven sacred teachings to Aboriginal youth was becoming a lost art.

Although there have been no official changes since Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. suspended its environmental assessment last week, an official with the company is optimistic there will be soon.

Despite the alarming findings of a new study that concludes half of Canada’s First Nation youth live in poverty, a spokeswoman for an Aboriginal women’s group says Canadians continue to ignore the issues.

The region’s hospital is losing a key member of its administrative team.

A small utility-room fire at Bight Restaurant got out of hand Tuesday night, sending one staff member to hospital as a precaution. Firefighters were called in about 11:30 p.m. to battle the blaze, which staff could not douse with fire extinguishers.

The province has missed its chance to save millions of dollars, says a Union Gas manager. Union Gas is investing $26 million to upgrade a section of natural gas pipe near Dawson Road.