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Staal Foundation Open officials are on the hunt for volunteers and caddies. The PGA Tour Canada event, slated to Whitewater Golf Course the week of July 14, made the public call for help on Monday.

When the Firefighter’s Ten Mile Road Race began in 1910, about 21 elite-level runners took to the streets to compete.

OUA men’s and women’s basketball will have a decidedly different look in 2014-15. The governing body for university sports in the province announced Wednesday both sports will double the number of divisions from two to four.

THUNDER BAY -- Molly Carlson is building quite an impressive resume. Top-10 placing at the senior national level? Check. Gold at the Junior Pan Ams? Check. Win a European competition? Now she can check that box off too.

Thunder Bay North Stars fans have known all season long that Daniel Del Paggio is one of the top junior A players in the country.

The Thunder Bay Border Cats have inked three more players, including a pair of right-haders, to their 2014 roster. Pitchers Nathan Aultman and Reid Peavy will join the Cats' staff. Both are teammates at Louisiana's Northwestern State.

Golfers will have a little extra incentive to capture this year’s Keg District Open.

Hockey Hall of Famer Edgar Laprade has died at 94. Laprade, who spent 10 years with the New York Rangers, captured the Calder Trophy in 1946 as the NHL’s rookie of the year after scoring 15 goals and 19 assists.

Molly Carlson continues to wow on the world stage. The Thunder Bay teenager captured gold in the 16-18 category at an international diving competition in Dresden, Germany. Carlson scored 441.

THUNDER BAY -- Ryan Thomson is determined to add another chapter to his Lakehead Thunderwolves career. He doesn’t want a devastating knee injury to be where his time on the basketball court ends.