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Dozens of students at St. Martin School attempted Friday to put themselves into the Guinness Book of World Records, using science as their tool.

NIPIGON, Ont. -- Officers with the OPP continue to look for an individual who sparked a manhunt in the area Thursday. It started after officers came across an unoccupied vehicle in Patience Township.

Tim Van Horn has spent the past four years traveling from coast to coast, armed with his trusty Nikon D300.

Bruce Hyer says Prime Minister Stephen Harper is murdering science. The independent MP on Thursday spoke out against the federal government’s plan to close Northwestern Ontario’s Experimental Lake Area, saving taxpayers $2 million a year.

THUNDER BAY -- Local firefighters are throwing a party for flood relief. The Thunder Bay Professional Fire Fighters Association and Rock 94 radio station are hosting Rock the Fire House at the CLE Coliseum on Nov. 17.

In an emergency, Twitter hash tags and Facebook posts aren’t a substitute for calling 911.

Police are investigating a two-vehicle collision at the corner of Van Norman and Hill streets that left a crumpled SUV on its roof.

THUNDER BAY -- Tom Warden maintains the Lakehead Thunderwolves still want to be the main tenant should the city go ahead with a proposed $106-million multiplex.

THUNDER BAY -- News the north core location is the preferred site for a proposed multiplex has many Port Arthur business owners smiling.

Shuniah firefighters had to cut a 76-year-old-woman out of her van after it drifted off the road, crashed into a nearby rock and rolled onto a resident’s front lawn. The crash happened just before 1 p.m. Thursday along Lakeshore Drive.