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Sara Leccese thought jumping out of a plane was the best way to celebrate her 24th birthday. She and her best friend Pamela Warford flew through the sky Sunday with Adventure Skydiving.

Sara Leccese thought jumping out of a plane was the best way to celebrate her 24th birthday. She and her best friend Pamela Warford flew through the sky Saturday with Adventure Skydiving.

Firefighters were able to extinguish a fire Saturday night but not before it caused severe damage to a Mountdale Avenue home. Thunder Bay Fire Rescue responded to the call around 10 p.m. in the 1300 block of Mountdale Avenue.

The mayor of Greenstone says he believes the proposed TransCanada Corp west-to-east pipeline will be safer than using trains to transport crude oil across the country.

As Canadians say farewell to the penny, one local artist is making sure that the one-cent coin isn’t forgotten.

Police are searching for the man involved in a robbery at a convenience store in the city’s south core Friday.

A pedestrian bridge to the waterfront will be closed while it gets an upgrade. The bridge, built in the early ‘90s, will be getting a new paint job, a new railing and some minor concrete repairs done to it starting next week.

Every man, woman and child in Ontario owes about $19,000 towards the provincial debt, according to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. "It's not just a pie in the sky number.

A local MPP says voters were clearly sending a message to Ontario's Liberal Party in Thursday's five byelections.

A Canada Wide Arrest Warrant has been issued for a local man in connection with an alleged sexual assault involving a child.