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The other morning I awoke with the clear and absolute knowledge that Charlie Sheen’s character on Two and a Half Men was going to be eaten by a bear. I wasn’t entirely sure how I came upon this preview of events, but there it was.

Mike Croft’s addiction to drugs was so strong that it overpowered his fear of needles. About the time he was 13-years-old, the native of British Columbia had smoked marijuana, snorted cocaine, taken acid and had already moved onto heroin.

Wind turbines they’re not. A 30-metre cell phone tower Bell Canada wants to erect adjacent to the Neebing Roadhouse restaurant drew less than a handful of people on Friday to an open house the conglomerate hosted at a nearby community hall.

Despite emigrating from Finland to Canada in 1952, in Hilkka Nygard’s heart, she was always a Child of Lamposaari. Nygard’s story is one many Canadian immigrants can relate to and is as full of adventure and joy as it was sorrow and tragedy.

It was an emotional time for Lt.-Col. Mark Thibert Friday afternoon. Thibert, who was deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan in 2008 as part of the Role 3 Multinational medical unit, was at the Royal Canadian Legion Port Arthur Branch No.

Thunder Bay Police had their hands full on Friday afternoon, tending to a four vehicle pile-up on the city's south side. The accident took place just after 12p.m. at the intersection of Simpson and Robertson streets.

Closing arguments wrapped up at the Superior Court of Justice today in a complex assault case dating back to 1997.

A Northwestern Ontario mining company has been handed a big fine for construction work on Crown land that was conducted without a permit.

A court case involving Red Rock Mill Inc. has wrapped up, with a series of hefty fines being levied against the company and its president, Bob Van Patten.

A 32-year-old rusted pipe joint has city officials temporarily banning outdoor watering of any kind.