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TERRACE BAY -- Ontario's Ministry of Labour has laid charges against the Terrace Bay Pulp Inc., a result of the fatal explosion that took place at the facility a year ago.

Michael Gravelle isn’t ruling out a run at the Ontario Liberal leadership.

The OPP have confirmed a fatal plane crash near Pickle Lake. Three people are dead following the crash that took place shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday. Pickle Lake mayor Roy Hoffman said he arrived at the scene around 2 a.m.

An employee at Quality Market says he’s sad to hear the stores are closing because his coworkers were like a family to him. The owners of Quality Market announced that both stores would be closing soon.

Doug West was shocked to hear Premier Dalton McGuinty resigned Monday evening. The news probably came as a surprise to some in the Liberal party ,the Lakehead University political science professor said.

A United Food and Commercial Workers Union official says her employees never saw the Quality Market closures coming. Colby Flank said the abrupt decision, made by the locally owned stores owners, caught everyone off guard.

THUNDER BAY -- City council has given ReGenerative Medicine another lifeline but only half of what the financially struggling bone and tissue bank had asked for. ReGen Med came before council early this month in order to ask for $300,000.

DRYDEN, Ont. -- A water operations financial plan shows Dryden is not setting aside enough money for the future replacement of equipment and other assets.

NIPIGON, Ont. -- There has been a new development in the hunt for a suspect in a stolen vehicle case. A widespread search was initiated near Nipigon last Thursday, after OPP officers tried to stop a vehicle on Highway 17.

THUNDER BAY -- Despite public outcry and opposition from city council, the Revera Interim Long-Term Care Facility will close by the end of the month.