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I’m a modern gal – independent, financially sound and responsible. Yet my life always seems a lot less than perfect. Something is definitely missing. Maybe it’s the background music. Like many of us, I get ideas for my life from television.

The local job market may look bleak for the next few months, says a national report. The Conference Board of Canada released its Near-term Help Wanted Index for 27 metropolitan centres across Canada.

Police continue to investigate a snowmobile crash that killed a Fort Frances man Thursday. OPP officers, Treaty 3 Police Service, Fort Frances Ambulance and Fire Department responded to the scene of a head-on crash around 8:30 p.m.

Ontario’s 24 community colleges are asking the Ontario Public Services Employees Union to let faculty vote on a final contract offer.

MP Bruce Hyer (NDP, Thunder Bay – Superior North) announced that he will hold a series of meetings across the riding to gathering input in before the 2010 federal budget.

Blowing a red light in front of a police officer proved to be the downfall of a suspected impaired driver Friday morning.

Fraser Dougall is in some pretty elite company these days. Dougall received the Order of Ontario at a Queen’s Park ceremony Thursday.

The time for discussion is over when it comes to using a cell phone while driving, said Thunder Bay Police Services’ traffic Sgt. Glenn Porter. "The matter of whether cell phones or texting is safe or not has been well discussed," he said.

Lakehead University is already using the recommendations found in a report released Thursday to improve medical education.

Area Municipal leaders sent a strong message to Queen’s Park as the government gathers input for the next provincial budget – don't try to balance the books on the backs of municipalities.