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THUNDER BAY -- Tracy Little remembers being a young, aspiring athlete and idolizing the country’s top synchronized swimmers. Now she wants to be a role model to the next wave of Olympic hopefuls.

A five-goal first was all the Fort Frances Lakers needed on Saturday night.

THUNDER BAY -- Running might be one of the furthest things from people’s minds as the holiday season approaches. Organizers of the Ten Mile Road Race are trying to change that.

Following are the results from SSSAA events that took place on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014: Varsity Boys Basketball St. Ignatius 74 Superior 41 I: Frank Avella 22 U: Andrew Molnar 11 St.

Santa Claus paid an early visit to Thunder Bay on Thursday, urging shoppers to help him fill up a City Transit bus with food to feed the hungry. He was being helped by members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 966, who joined St.

Former Thunder Bay Border Cats infielder Chris Curley is on the move. Curley was selected Thursday in the minor league portion of Major League Baseball’s Rule 5 draft from the roster of the Chicago White Sox by the Los Angeles Angels.

DETROIT - The Toronto Maple Leafs looked overmatched for 65 minutes. Then they got the best of the Detroit Red Wings in a shootout.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Harvey Yesno is offering congratulations to Perry Bellegarde, elected Wednesday as the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. In a release, Yesno said Bellegarde has proven his worth.

The following are results from SSSAA events that took place on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014: Varsity Boys Basketball St. Patrick 60 St. Ignatius 57 P: Michael Charlebois 21 I: Matthew Mustapic 25 Standings School W-L (tiebreakers) 1.

Following are results from SSSAA events that took place Monday, Dec. 9, 2014: Varsity Girls Volleyball Superior 3 Cromarty 0 25-9, 25-19, 25-15 From Thursday Churchill 2 La Verendrye 1 25-12, 25-14, 15-25 Standings School W-L (Tiebreakers) 1. St.