Major milestone
The difference in quality of service at the regional hospital is “night and day” compared to the dual system more than 10 years ago. That's what Dr. Stewart Kennedy, a family doctor who was working as...
View ArticleCity outdoor rinks closed for season, rink at Prince Arthur's Landing remains...
The looming end of winter means the end of the season for most of the city’s outdoor rinks. The city sent out a media release on Friday saying the rinks are now closed due to warming temperatures...
View ArticleFinnish celebration
Consider Thunder Bay a holiday destination for St. Urho, the mythical saviour of Finland’s grapes. After all, the frigidly cold winter had to expel most of the adversarial grasshoppers on its own....
View ArticleDrink from the tap
Paying to drink bottled water seems ludicrous when living at the head of the world’s largest freshwater lake. That’s one of the key themes of the city’s recognition of Canada Water Week, the beginning...
View ArticleCommunity gathering
For Lyndahl McGinnis, a powwow is a perfect opportunity to enjoy time with family. The Lakehead University Native Students’ Association hosted their annual spring powwow at the C.J. Sanders...
View ArticleLongtime host of Italian Musical Panorama, Mario Caccamo, dies at 86
Dougall Media is mourning the passing of one of it's longest serving members. Mario Caccamo passed away Friday the the age of 86. Caccamo was the popular host of the weekly Italian Musical Panorama...
View ArticleStreet Fair shelved
A revival of the Kakabeka Street Fair will have to wait until 2015. Citing logistical challenges, the Kakabeka Falls and Rural District Royal Canadian Legion has decided to pass on hosting a proposed...
View ArticleStepping up
Six surgeons have put their money where their mouths are – to the tune of $2 million over 10 years. The six Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre physicians will contribute more than $30,000...
View ArticleSurviving cancer
Stan Beardy says where he comes from, there are no cancer survivors. So when he, Ontario’s Regional Chief, was diagnosed last year with early stage colon cancer, he thought he’d been issued a death...
View ArticleUTurn for teens
Teenagers often think they’ve got everything under control. But when things go wrong, they can find themselves drifting into frightening territory, not knowing where to turn and convinced they’re the...
View ArticleUTurn for teens
Teenagers often think they’ve got everything under control. But when things go wrong, they can find themselves drifting into frightening territory, not knowing where to turn and convinced they’re the...
View ArticleUnited Way Thunder Bay celebrates 50 years
When it first started 50 years ago, the local United Way was able to raise $196,000 for people in the community. Last year the campaign raised $2.5 million. Current United way board president figures...
View ArticleCommunity gathering
For Lyndahl McGinnis, a powwow is a perfect opportunity to enjoy time with family. The Lakehead University Native Students’ Association hosted their annual spring powwow at the C.J. Sanders...
View ArticleHomecoming
Naana Jumah has come full circle. Her road back to Thunder Bay took the obstetrician, gynaecologist and researcher to Toronto, Oxford and Harvard but home is where the heart is, she said on Thursday...
View ArticleStory of hope
Despite losing three of his daughters in an Israeli attack in Gaza five years ago, Izzeldin Abuelaish brings a message of hope and peace. There weren't many dry eyes as Abuelaish, a three-time Nobel...
View ArticleBlues Fest rocks
If you came of age in the 1990s, the headliners for this year’s Thunder Bay Blues Festival should be right up your alley. The annual Marina Park event, arguably the most popular staged in the city...
View ArticleThunder 103.5 country music station’s Brent Hawley completes rugged antarctic...
The 2014 Antarctica Marathon was the toughest yet for Brent Hawley. Hawley, the morning show host for The Thunder country music station, started running marathons for Team Diabetes in 2009, and on...
View ArticleWorking with ideas
Somewhere in Thunder Bay there could be a million dollar idea sketched on a cocktail napkin. Or maybe someone has a rough prototype sitting in their garage without the resources to make it a finished...
View ArticleDon't get hit
Kristin Costa knows that young adults can find it difficult to make time for charity work. The chair of the seventh annual United Way’s GenNext Dodgeball Tournament said an event like this one, which...
View ArticleCinematic showcase
Internet streaming services and movie channels have made watching films easier than ever. That doesn’t mean the charm of the theatre experience has vanished. The intimacy and togetherness of the...
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