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Contest: Win a Gal Pal weekend in Sault Ste. Marie, courtesy of Algoma Fall Festival!

Contest: Win a Gal Pal weekend in Sault Ste. Marie, courtesy of Algoma Fall Festival!

Our friends at the Algoma Fall Festival want to give someone the ultimate Gal Pal weekend experience starting Thursday, October 12, 2017!
Good news: Cup and Saucer's parking lot will be expanded after summer of cars lining highway

Good news: Cup and Saucer's parking lot will be expanded after summer of cars lining highway

Parking lot will be expanded to make room for at least 50 vehicles
Baby raccoon found badly burned in Barrie park has died

Baby raccoon found badly burned in Barrie park has died

'Some very sad news'
Angus says he's in an excellent position as NDP leadership vote nears

Angus says he's in an excellent position as NDP leadership vote nears

Veteran MP is feeling confident ahead of first ballot for federal party leadership
Cost of free tuition and expanded OSAP unknown - 'We are just going to have to figure that out'

Cost of free tuition and expanded OSAP unknown - 'We are just going to have to figure that out'

Minister Deb Matthews defends timing of announcement
Thunder Bay residents have to wait for 10 cm of snow to fall on some streets before it's cleared

Thunder Bay residents have to wait for 10 cm of snow to fall on some streets before it's cleared

City council voted down motion to debate changing snow removal requirements on residential streets from 10 centimetres to five centimetres.
Porter has officially left North Bay

Porter has officially left North Bay

The company which flies out of both Sudbury and Timmins arrived with a lot of hype back in 2015
Thunder Bay will add sodium hydroxide to its drinking water to fix high lead levels

Thunder Bay will add sodium hydroxide to its drinking water to fix high lead levels

About a quarter of homes in the city tested above acceptable lead levels
Think Quiddich is for nerds? Not so, says coach of full-contact sport (7 photos)

Think Quiddich is for nerds? Not so, says coach of full-contact sport (7 photos)

Last year, the Guelph Gryphons placed second at nationals held in British Columbia
Northern Axperts, which started in Sudbury, opens North Bay axe-throwing lounge

Northern Axperts, which started in Sudbury, opens North Bay axe-throwing lounge

BayToday.ca editor Jeff Turl is apparently good with an axe