Successful parade
Despite the bitter cold, last year’s Parade of Lights was a financial success. The 15th annual Thunder Bay Police Association’s Parade of Lights raised a total of $19,663, which will be evenly...
View ArticleStudents keep eyes on job market at university job fair
Though she's supposed to be studying, Cheryl Luptak can't help but search for summer jobs. The Lakehead University Kinesiology student said she isn't alone. Finding a job is a top priority for her and...
View Article‘It’s like a family’
Shania Young says she’s not sure where she’d be without the Thunder Bay Counselling Centre. After years of addiction struggles, the young mother said she found her way back to the straight and narrow...
View ArticleMini-putt challenge
The start of the outdoor golf season might be a few months away, but that doesn’t mean one can’t sharpen up their short game with a round of indoor mini-putt. The fourth annual Valhalla Inn-Door Golf...
View ArticleBridal bonanza
Julia Strauss isn’t one of those brides-to-be who’s been planning her wedding since she was old enough to walk. But it’s something all little girls think about, she said Sunday, strolling through the...
View ArticleNever giving up
Ruth Sutherland was certain her great-niece was going to bring home a second gold medal. Despite a late game two-goal deficit in the gold medal game, the great-aunt of Canadian women’s Olympic hockey...
View ArticleLooking for help
A local family is looking to the community for help after their home was destroyed by fire last month. Ashley Kivari had a candle lit when she was meditating on Feb. 1 in her family's Ogden Street...
View ArticlePancake Tuesday
Jordan Richards estimates she's seen the movie The Croods about a million times. But over the next 40 days, the nine-year-old fourth-grader from St. Paul School is determined to forgo her favourite...
View Article‘We gain respect’
College courses can be insular at times. Nursing students often have no idea what police students do. Firefighters might not understand the expectations of medical lab assistants. A little knowledge...
View ArticleModel UN for the Northwest
Shawn Gong has always wanted to participate in a Model United Nations assembly since discovering them more than a year ago. The 18-year-old, Grade 12 student at Sir Winston Churchill Collegiate and...
View ArticleInteractive past
Austin Swalwell isn’t a huge fan of sitting in class and reading history from a text book. For most 11-year-olds, the War of 1812 is a dusty, dry relic from the pages of the past. But for the past...
View ArticleHistorical voyage
Some local high school students are leaving the classroom and heading toward some of the most famous battlefields in Europe. More than 40 students from St. Ignatius and St. Pat's are spending their...
View Article‘Kind of awesome’
Philip Mroz loves Barack Obama and Canadian Tire. The 11-year-old Thunder Bay boy has autism and loves shopping at Canadian Tire so much that his older sister Chantelle wrote to the store’s head...
View ArticleBiannual reminder
In addition to setting clocks forward this week, city fire officials are asking residents residents to examine their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. Thunder Bay Fire Rescue public education officer...
View ArticleNearing winter's end
Even though Sunday morning’s new layer of snow may indicate otherwise, winter is approaching its end. The City of Thunder Bay held their final Winter Funday activity of the year at Prince Arthur’s...
View ArticleNow recovering, local businessman organizes fundraiser to help future cancer...
Michael Muia is getting stronger every day. The owner of Michael’s Hair Design and Day Spa, who has been battling tongue cancer, is on the road to recovery after a difficult process that included an...
View ArticleAdding services
The region's mobile cancer program isn't just about breast cancer. Within the past year, Cancer Care Ontario’s mobile screening coach added cervical and colorectal examinations. The bus's purpose is...
View ArticleSharing the music
Music is in everyone, says Derek Khani. As an artist educator, it’s his passion to bring out the inner musician in his students, regardless of their skill level and abilities. On Wednesday he took his...
View ArticleLU holds its first-ever College Transfer Preview Day
It's not often a student would want to spend March Break at another school. But many students came from across the province to Lakehead University Wednesday as it hosted its first ever College...
View ArticleFun-filled festival
They say laughter is the best medicine. There should be a lot of healthy movie buffs populating the city after the North of Superior Film Association’s annual film festival hits Thunder Bay later this...
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