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Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Harvey Yesno says there is no defense for comments Senator Patrick Brazeau made about Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence. At a provincial candidate fundraiser in Orleans, Ont. on Jan.

Hammarskjold High School students will be back in class Tuesday. The school was closed Monday to clean up trace amounts of lead found in lockers. “The cleanup has been completed,” Lakehead Public Schools director Cathi Siemieniuk said.

The battle over the proposed Big Thunder Wind Park has hit the courts again. This time it’s the province facing a legal challenge. Horizon Wind Inc.

Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service has witnessed a 300 per cent increase in arson investigations since 2005.

MARATHON, Ont. -- A transport truck driver has been charged after a highway collision near Marathon involving another transport. Officials with the OPP say the crash took place at about 11 p.m.

THUNDER BAY -- An organizer of many recent Idle No More rallies and events is stepping down. Joyce Hunter has accepted a new job, and as a result will no longer be participating as an organizer or spokesperson for local Idle No More events.

Hannah Johnson has always been a small coin collector. But the 23-year-old has taken the hobby to a new level has she hopes to collect 420,000 pennies for her latest art project. So far, she has about 5,500.

A collision east of Thunder Bay involving a pair of commercial vehicles closed Highway 17 in two locations. OPP have stopped traffic at the Marathon junction of Highway 17 and near Mill Road outside of Terrace Bay.

A community centre on the city’s North side has figured out a way to beat the winter blues. The North End Community Centre held its fourth annual February Freeze on Sunday.

When he was first diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Bill Heibein was told he only had five good years left.