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Mammography patients at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre have been screened using digital radiography equipment, says Mark Henderson.

Larry Brigham wishes his work wasn’t necessary.

Resolute Forest Product’s new turbine is expected to bring some financial stability to the company.

A fire that caused extensive damage to a South Marks Street house has been deemed suspicious. “We think it may have been deliberately set.

A group of Matawa chiefs are calling for an appeal in the recent court case involving a Geraldton OPP officer. Const. Brian Bellefeuille faced charges of assault causing bodily harm for an incident involving a man from Aroland First Nation.

SANDY LAKE, Ont. -- Police are investigating a homicide following a fatal incident in this First Nations community. Officers with the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service responded to a call for medical assistance at a Sandy Lake home at about 5:30 a.m.

A South Marks Street residence was severely damaged early Tuesday morning when fire broke out, forcing two residents to flee the blaze. District Chief Richard Morden of the Vickers Street Fire Station said it was a tricky fire to fight.

Council voted unanimously to seek standing at the joint inquest into the deaths of seven First Nation youth who died while attending school in the city. Council made the decision at Monday night’s regularly scheduled meeting.

Aldo Ruberto says being a board member trumps his duties as a councillor even if that means the city has to take on the cost of the Royal Edward Arms.

Lakehead University’s seventh chancellor, Arthur Mauro sees establishing a law school in the city as his biggest accomplishment. The 86-year-old grandfather of five finished his three-year term as the university’s chancellors in December.