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Police are looking for a man who made off with cash and cigarettes after an early morning convenience store robbery Wednesday.

Police in Dryden are again asking the public for help in locating a missing Winnipeg man. Officials with the Dryden detachment of the OPP say they are trying to locate Lukas Whitmore, 25, of Winnipeg. He was last seen on Oct. 2 just west of Dryden.

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No person was injured, but a family’s dog did die following a house fire Tuesday evening. Thunder Bay Firefighters were called to a Sprague Street home just after 5 p.m.

Citing health concerns, a pair of schools in southern Ontario has pulled the plug on wireless networks. But as the Wi-Fi debate continues, schools in this area do not appear eager to disconnect. Wayside Academy in Peterborough, Ont.

AbitibiBowater has a new name. After an internal selection process that saw hundreds of entries from employees, the company has decided to call itself Resolute Forest Products. The change will take effect on Nov.

A 29-year-old man arrested in connection with a stabbing spree at a north-side apartment complex made a brief court appearance via video Tuesday. Eli Ayom John faces numerous charges stemming from the Saturday morning incident.

Thunder Bay Police are investigating another incident in which a vehicle has caused extensive damage to a city owned golf course. Police say sometime over the weekend, a car was driven onto Chapples Golf Course and two greens were torn up.

The former Steep Rock Mine site in Atikokan will no longer house a processing plant for the Bending Lake Iron Ore Group. Instead, the proposed facility will be set up closer to Ignace.

There could be two more wind farms coming to the region. Toronto’s Gilead Power Corp. has begun preliminary testing on land in Lappe and Oliver-Paipoonge.