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The Thunder Bay North Stars are in a hole that might be too big to climb out from. The good news is they'll get a second chance. As hosts of the Dudley Hewitt Cup, the Stars have an automatic berth in the provincial Junior A hockey championship.

A Joey Kitchen goal with 7:07 remaining proved to be the difference as the Northern Hawks rallied to defeat the Nipigon Elks 3-2 Tuesday evening in Game 1 of the Thunder Bay Jr. B Hockey League championship series at the Tournament Centre.

Northern Ontario is in the thick of things after two days of play at the 2012 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship.

The lakes are still partially frozen, but the fairways are free of snow and the golf season has officially begun in Thunder Bay.

Team Northern Ontario had an up-and-down opening day Monday at the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship.

An off-ice squabble between two Thunder Bay Midget A hockey league teams has forced an on-ice delay of the semifinals and possible changes to the playoffs.

Delays at Toronto’s airport forced the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship organization committee to find an alternate national anthem singer. Practice for the upcoming tournament started at the Fort William Curling Club on Sunday.

The Thunder Bay North Stars scored first. But Travis Tilley's goal at 2:21 of the opening period would be their last of the night. The host Wisconsin Wilderness, on the other hand, were nowhere near finished their offensive output.

Max Vaclav has a bit of a hook in his golf swing, but says being able to hit balls in mid-March is a good chance to fix the hitch early.

The return of the Heart to Heart Charity Bonspiel was a shortlived one.