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The OPP confirmed Monday that the controversial Highway 11 toll booth has been removed. Fort Frances detachment OPP officers had the Couchiching First Nation remove its toll booth, which was placed on the highway Friday, May 14 in protest, at 9 p.m.

A group wants the city to go back to the past when it comes to counting ballots. Members of The Honest Vote Project came before council Monday night asking the city to return to hand counted balance, which hasn’t been done since 1997.

When it comes to diagnosing and treating cancer, Regional Cancer Care scores above the provincial average. However, they are still lagging behind with prevention and screening.

A four-year-old girl injured Monday in a horse-and-carriage accident at Fort William Historical Park has died.

OPP officials hope a $50,000 reward can jog someone’s memory or force long-dormant guilt to the surface and help them solve a 44-year-old double homicide.

Mark Wiskemann became a pilot in 1979 and always promised himself he’d own his own business one day.

After cleaning up cigarette butts at a beach, a peer leader with the local health unit said she wanted to do something to keep children areas smoke-free.

Thunder Bay OPP charged a young man with possession of stolen property following a collision near the town of Raith over the weekend. Police responded to the single vehicle crash at about 9:30 a.m. Saturday.

A post mortem has concluded that the victim of the city’s first murder investigation of this year died as a result of multiple stab wounds.

Strong winds and poor weather conditions were factors that led to a small plane running off a Kenora airport runway, police say.