Beyond books
Free Internet is giving the local libraries with more offline traffic. Usage of the Thunder Bay Public Library has steadily increased by about three per cent each year for the past four years. Besides...
View ArticleActive U camp has students learning away from class
Besides Christmas, Jackson Kibzey says March Break is his favourite time of the year. The nine-year-old is spending his week-long vacation from class at the first March Break Active U camp at Lakehead...
View ArticleLife-saving stop
Ron Christiansen was in a bad way when off-duty volunteer firefighter Ted Post stumbled upon him on Feb. 11. Post, who volunteers for East Gorham Fire and Rescue, was dropping his newly adopted...
View ArticleAstronomy lesson
Some children got a close up view of the universe at Fort William Historical Park over their March Break. During the park’s March Break day camps Thursday, some kids got a lesson in astronomy at the...
View ArticleConspiracy theory: St. Urho and his rake took down the Soviet Union
Protestors took to the streets of Thunder Bay to prove you can’t keep a good man, or his rake, down. Armed with only a rake and a loud voice St. Urho saved Finland’s vineyards from grasshoppers, a...
View ArticleRaising respect
The chair of the city’s Anti-Racism Advisory Council is calling the raising of the respect flag a milestone for the campaign. The flag raising event at city hall Monday morning marked the one year...
View ArticleNew ways to address stormwater could prevent future floods: Bailey
Jim Bailey wants the city to think of other ways to handle stormwater management. Bailey is one of the speakers at the North Shore Remedial Action Plan open house at the Prince Arthur’s Landing...
View ArticleFilm Fest milestone
The first Northwest Film Fest was held over four days 20 years ago in the former Paramount Theatre. “I think we had a handful of films, something like seven or eight,” said Marty Mascarin, president...
View ArticleMeals on Wheels
Seniors and shut-ins had a celebrity waiter deliver their lunch on a chilly Thursday morning. Mayor Keith Hobbs joined a group of Meals on Wheels volunteers, dropping off a piping hot plate of meat...
View ArticleReality TV mashup
Herp Lamba compares the United Way of Thunder Bay’s annual Billboard Rescue event to reality TV. “So you think of The Apprentice, Survivor and Fear Factor,” Lamba said Thursday, at the kick-off...
View ArticleRewarding respect
The atmosphere at Confederation College was uncomfortable in 2006. “There was a lot of instances of homophobia, harassment, bullying, racism and we needed to do something,” said Thomas Russell, the...
View ArticleEarth hour set for Saturday evening
Get ready to turn off the lights this weekend. Earth Hour will be held Saturday in 7,000 cities around the world in an effort to raise awareness about conserving energy and fighting climate change....
View ArticleWelcomed change
A representative of the city’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community welcomes the decision to make it illegal to discriminate against someone’s gender identity. The House of Commons passed...
View ArticleBig loss
Roy Coran passed away to the sounds of his big band. The 83-year-old local music legend died peacefully Friday evening in hospital with his family by his side and a recording of the Roy Coran Big Band...
View ArticleHead's up!
Local competitors were dodging, ducking, dipping, diving and of course dodging again for charity on Saturday. The sixth annual Sun Life Financial GenNext Dodgeball Tournament turned hundreds of the...
View ArticleLooking forward
George Saarinen sat in an armchair last week. It wasn’t until about ten minutes into the meeting he was attending that Saarinen realized what he’d done. “Usually I had to stuff myself into the chair,”...
View ArticleFeathers of Hope
First Nations youth are looking to bring hope back to their communities. The Feathers of Hope Youth Forum runs until Thursday in Thunder Bay and is hosting more than 100 youth from 91 Ontario First...
View ArticleOCNA awards
The Thunder Bay Source community newspaper and tbnewswatch.com news website collected four provincial awards. The Source took home top prize in the best feature news series category, for coverage of...
View ArticleShips arrive
The race was on for Thunder Bay as the MV John B. Aird crushed through the Lake Superior ice to become the first lake-bound vessel to arrive in port this season. Capt. Doug Parsons said the trip took...
View ArticleRaising the rent
Usually when someone misses too many rent payments, they’re threatened with an eviction notice. But for participants at an annual fundraiser, missing rent means spending a night at the Thunder Bay...
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