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The OPP are advising people to stay off highways due to weather conditions. Monday’s winter weather has forced road closures throughout the region. OPP provincial Const.

Police officers in Pikangikum First Nation are investigating what they are calling the suspicious death of a 32-year-old man. Officers with the Pikangikum Police Service responded to a call of an altercation late Saturday evening.

When Linda Dacosta took up running, she would walk to one light post, then run to the next.

Great Bloomers are making themselves heard in the Canadian indie rock scene. Not hurting the five-piece roots rock band is the fact they recently signed with Toronto-based Dine Alone Records.

Michael Antcliffe has been battling cancer for almost four years and hasn’t been afraid to talk about it. The Thunder Bay resident launched his book You’ll Never Guess Who’s Dying From Cancer Saturday at Chapters.

Nerves were starting to get to Morgan Plummer before the Skills Canada-Ontario qualifying competitions began Saturday morning. The Grade 11 St.

A cyclist has suffered minor injuries after being struck by a car Saturday afternoon. The cyclist was travelling southbound on Balmoral Street when it collided with a car heading westbound on Oliver Road.

About 55 Grade 6, 7 and 8 male students learned how to deal with issues of violence in healthy and cooperative ways Friday.

If youth don’t have a sense of belonging or commitment to a community, they often turn to things like drugs, alcohol and gangs.

If youth don’t have a sense of belonging or commitment to a community, they often turn to things like drugs, alcohol and gangs.