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A representative of the city’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community welcomes the decision to make it illegal to discriminate against someone’s gender identity.

COCHRANE, Ont. -- A Quebec man is dead following a head on crash just outside of this Northeastern Ontario town. Cochrane detachment OPP officers responded to reports of the head-on crash just after 5:20 p.m. Thursday.

A missing Geraldton man has been found dead. OPP say the body of 32-year-old Erik Legarde, who had not been seen since Sunday morning, was located at about 11 a.m. on Thursday on a bush trail by their emergency response team.

MP Bruce Hyer gives the federal budget a D-.

Mayor Keith Hobbs was the top-paid elected city official last year, cracking the $94,000 barrier. Hobbs was also paid $15,624 for work-related expenses in 2013.

Herp Lamba compares the United Way of Thunder Bay’s annual Billboard Rescue event to reality TV. “So you think of The Apprentice, Survivor and Fear Factor,” Lamba said Thursday, at the kick-off luncheon for the May 16 fundraiser.

While there's still snow on the ground and ice on the lake, a local winter attraction is closing and signalling the changing of the seasons. The outdoor skating rink at Prince Arthur's Landing was closed for the season starting Thursday.

The atmosphere at Confederation College was uncomfortable in 2006.

Seniors and shut-ins had a celebrity waiter deliver their lunch on a chilly Thursday morning. Mayor Keith Hobbs joined a group of Meals on Wheels volunteers, dropping off a piping hot plate of meat and potatoes and a tasty dessert.

Janzen’s Pharamcy on Frederica Street West was the scene of an armed robbery on Wednesday afternoon. Police say a lone male entered the pharmacy at about 5:20 p.m., and robbed the store at knifepoint.