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A Fort Frances high school teacher is now the head of a provincial teachers’ union. Paul Elliott was voted in as president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation at a conference in Toronto Sunday.

Everyone knows that Finnish people played a big role in the history of Thunder Bay.

Stargazers might be able to catch a glimpse of the comet Pan-STARRS this week as it enters the northern hemisphere.

Lois Garrity calls the Duke Hunt Museum Oliver-Paipoonge’s connection to its past. “I think it is important to know who you are and where you came from,” says the 77-year-old curator of the Rosslyn Road facility.

It’s time to lose an hour as Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday. Don’t forget to set the clock ahead an hour as of 2 a.m. Sunday. Most of the province will be switching from Eastern Standard Time to daylight saving time this weekend.

The hill looked a lot bigger from the top for Eugena Moonias. Strapped to a pair of skis at the top of Mount Baldy, the 15-year-old admits she was a little nervous. It was one of only a few times she’d tried the sport.

Glen Wilson needs the community’s help with his new job. Wilson stepped down as president of the Thunder Bay and District Humane Society board and took over as executive director after Maryann Kleynendorst stepped down last month.

The debate to develop an all-weather road or a railway into the Ring of Fire doesn’t have the chief of Marten Falls First Nation worried.

Lise Vaugeois is challenging Andrew Foulds for the NDP nomination for Thunder Bay – Superior North. The 56-year-old political rookie announced that she would be running against the Current River city councillor Friday morning.

Mayor Keith Hobbs’ thoughts were of his mother on International Women’s Day. “I think of my mom on this day and how she fought during the war for our freedom. She had nine children.