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The province thinks it has a cure for nature deficit disorder; learn to camp. For the second year, Ontario Parks is launching its Learn to Camp program. And for the first time, it’s coming North.

Opposition has mounted against construction of four proposed apartments going up on Ravenwood Avenue.

The lure of free Air Miles has Rainy River OPP warning the public a text scam has hit the region.

City council has given an independent engineering company full reign to look into the massive flooding that affected thousands of residents in May.

Nishnawbe Aski Police Service is investigating a death in North Spirit Lake First Nation. A 38-year-old man was found dead last Friday. A post mortem was scheduled for Monday in Thunder Bay.

The man accused of a 2009 murder is still without a lawyer, but that didn’t stop his case from moving forward.

There may be calls for a moratorium on wind-farm projects in Ontario, but the City of Thunder Bay has asked the province to extend a temporary agreement with the province to allow Horizon Wind Limited Partnership access to its proposed turbine farm s

A second arrest has been made in connection with a recent homicide at Whitefish Bay First Nation.

Expanding a provincial loan program will mean more opportunities for First Nations ownership in energy projects officials say. The $250 million Aboriginal Loan Guarantee Program was increased to $400 million Monday.

Police in Kenora were kept busy overnight on Sunday. At midnight OPP responded to a reported stabbing and arrived in the area of Tenth Street in Keewatin to find a 22-year-old Kenora man suffering stab wounds after an altercation.