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Several multi-vehicle collisions forced OPP to close Highway 17 east of Upsala on Saturday afternoon, but police say after clearing the vehicles from the crash site, the highway has been re-opened.

Filipe and Sione Fa say it’s the little things that make a big difference when it comes to losing weight. And the cousins would know. On season seven of TV’s The Biggest Loser, they lost a combined 300 pounds.

The cash strapped Gull Bay First Nation will be receive more than a million dollars in aid from the federal government.

THUNDER BAY -- Brenda Veneruzzo will never find closure for the death of her daughter, Jasmine, who was killed after a collision involving OPP officer Darryl Storey.

THUNDER BAY -- Hunter became the hunted in December.

Thunder Bay Hydro is successfully switching on two solar projects. Renewable Energy Development Manager Jim Kibiuk says combined the panels at Superior North EMS and the Victoriaville Parkade could deliver enough hydro to power 36 homes each year.

THUNDER BAY -- The cold snap hitting this region is being blamed for a pump malfunction that spilled about 700 litres of gasoline outside a Confederation College building.

THUNDER BAY -- City police are looking for witnesses of a hit and run. The Thunder Bay Police Service's traffic unit hopes residents in the University Drive and Inglewood Crescent area may have heard a crash just after midnight Thursday.

A Shuniah Fire Department official says no one was hurt in a structural blaze that consumed an Alder Road residence. Fire officials responded to the call on a snowy Friday morning.

THUNDER BAY -- Two years ago, after letting his hair grow wildly for months on end, Dalton Giertuga shaved his head. The hair he cut off was turned into a wig, used by a cancer patient who had lost their hair because of chemotherapy treatments.