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THUNDER BAY -- With manager Danny Benedetti missing in action, Shane Shepard wasn’t thinking home run when stepped to the plate with one out in the ninth, his Thunder Bay Border Cats trailing the Rochester Honkers 6-5.

THUNDER BAY – Ron Setala has been a hockey fan all of his life and was thrilled to learn Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Matt Murray would be making a stop at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre on Tuesday with the Stanley Cup.

THUNDER BAY, Ont.

The 2016 Can-Am Police-Fire Games started with a literal bang Monday morning. Runners took to the paved Boulevard Lake road for the first competition of the week – a five kilometer race.

THUNDER BAY -- Apparently there aren’t many Pittsburgh Penguins flags floating around Thunder Bay. Luckily 15-year-old Zach Prenger is a huge fan of the Stanley Cup champions and his aunt happens to be a city employee.

OLIVER PAIPOONGE – Seven weeks ago Taylor Moore played his first event as a professional. On Sunday he was crowned the Staal Foundation Open champion for 2016. And the 22-year-old did it in record-tying fashion.

THUNDER BAY - The city officially welcomed Sunday hundreds of emergency service personnel athletes from across the world for the 2016 Can-Am Police-Fire games.

DULUTH, Minn. -- Shannon Broussard made Thunder Bay Border Cats history on Saturday night, no-hitting the Duluth Huskies on the road.

OLIVER PAIPOONGE -- In his first professional start earlier this year in Victoria, Taylor Moore finished solo second.

OLIVER PAIPOONGE -- Expected bad weather on Sunday has convinced MacKenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada officials to push ahead tee times for the final round of the Staal Foundation Open.