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The provincial government says it will support a major redevelopment at Atikokan General Hospital that will improve access to state-of-the-art health care.

The upcoming provincial election will be an historic one, at least in the way people vote, Ontario’s chief electoral officer says. Starting Sept. 8, one day after the writ drops, voters will have 29 days and several ways to cast their ballots.

Two Manitouwadge-area youths were sent to hospital Wednesday after an all-terrain vehicle collided with an SUV near Hillsport, Ont. The youngsters, who were not wearing helmets at the time of the crash, sustained broken bones and lacerations.

Thunder Bay Police are on the lookout for a missing 14-year-old girl. Police say Maranda Ritchie was last seen on Aug. 19 in the vicinity of Academy Towers, off Balmoral Street, when her guardian dropped her off.

It was four years and $22.6 million in the making, but Confederation College’s Regional Education Alliance for Community Health Building is a few finishing touches away from welcoming its first class of students.

No one was injured after a sailboat flipped over on Wednesday night. Just before 7 p.m.

Dr. Hook spent their entire career trying to get their picture on the elusive cover of the Rolling Stone. They got there, but it took years of trying.

Without the necessary transportation infrastructure, development in the Ring of Fire cannot happen, said Raymond Ferris.

A well-known political figure around the region has decided to take some time away from the spotlight. Red Rock Indian Band Chief Pierre Pelletier has decided he will not let his name stand in next month's election.

The city is excluding people with disabilities from area playgrounds by not making them accessible a local woman says.