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Band escapes burning tour van in Sault, captures fire on video

Band escapes burning tour van in Sault, captures fire on video

Everybody is safe, and the band credits Saultites for helping them out in the aftermath
We're lucky Sudbury didn't look like this yesterday

We're lucky Sudbury didn't look like this yesterday

Our neighbours to the south in Barrie got hit with October snowfall
World Under-17 Hockey Challenge takes the ice in the Sault (13 photos)

World Under-17 Hockey Challenge takes the ice in the Sault (13 photos)

Wolves d-man Owen Lalonde laces up for Canada
Pests source of ire in Thunder Bay public housing: poll

Pests source of ire in Thunder Bay public housing: poll

Thunder Bay DSSAB is spending five times more fighting pests than it did in 2011 but less than half its buidings' occupants are content with the results.
The world record mushroom that wasn’t

The world record mushroom that wasn’t

A local man's short-lived adventure with what he thought was a world record puffball mushroom
VIDEO: Check out these cool haunted gingerbread houses

VIDEO: Check out these cool haunted gingerbread houses

Algoma University students sponsored by D&R Plumbing finished in first place, but the real winner was United Way who raised $2,600.
Driving south today? Watch the weather.

Driving south today? Watch the weather.

Accumulations in the 2 to 5 centimetre range are likely.
Woman attacked in Thunder Bay robbery

Woman attacked in Thunder Bay robbery

A woman was robbed and attacked by two people on the early morning of Oct. 23.
Invasive beetle will threaten Ontario's maple syrup industry

Invasive beetle will threaten Ontario's maple syrup industry

"It has the potential to devastate the deciduous and mixed forests of northeastern North America, not to mention the maple syrup industry," says Saxe.
After its start in Sudbury, film studio to open branch in North Bay

After its start in Sudbury, film studio to open branch in North Bay

In 2015, NOFS serviced 15 of 16 film and television projects in the Sudbury area, and six projects in other parts of Northern Ontario, attracting over $30M of economic development for the region.