Charitable checkout
Spring at Safeway means it’s time to help out a pair of great charities. In Thunder Bay, throughout the month of April, customers of the retail grocery giant will be asked for donations at the...
View ArticleSixteen police officers to receive service medals
Sixteen city police officers will be honoured for long-standing service on the local force. The Exemplary Service Awards will be handed out at the Valhalla Inn to members of the Thunder Bay Police...
View ArticleOnline hub
The Northwestern Ontario Development Network wants to build an online toolbox for economic development in the region. The organization put out a call Thursday for information, resources and tools to...
View ArticleDinner preparations
If you smell something delicious while travelling past the Dew Drop Inn this weekend, it’s probably the 196 pounds of turkey cooking in the basement of St. Andrew’s church. Eleven turkeys and four or...
View ArticleEgg-stravaganza
Six-year-old friends Devon and Riley were three reallys worth of excited for the annual East End Easter Egg Hunt on Good Friday. This Friday was the 18th annual egg hunt at Frank Charry Park and it...
View ArticleFilling up
A pair of new ambulances will help hundreds in the city over the coming months. St. John Ambulance received two new vehicles three weeks ago. They decided the first trip for the two new vehicles...
View ArticleHelp needed
It’s a shame the Christmas spirit doesn’t stretch into the spring. The Dew Drop Inn has too many volunteers during their Christmas dinner. But come Easter, they’re short on servers even though the...
View ArticleSmall comfort
When a six-year-old was struggling to breathe, paramedic Ryan Ross grabbed what at the time seemed like the most crucial piece of equipment in his kit -- a stuffed animal. Superior North EMS has used...
View ArticleFlower finale
The elimination of live flowers from Daffodil Days doesn’t have Canadian Cancer Society officials worried. While people can still purchase daffodils this week for this year’s campaign, the more than...
View ArticleFirst salty arrives, celebrations set for Wednesday
Celebrations to mark the arrival of the first ocean-going vessel into the local port is set for Wednesday. Isadora became the first salty to arrive in the Port of Thunder Bay when it docked at Viterra...
View ArticleStar power
Jody Claman knows how to make the fur fly. Habitat for Humanity Thunder Bay’s Diane Mitchell is hoping the controversial star of the hit show Real Housewives of Vancouver can bring a little of that...
View ArticleChilling out
A year ago the annual polar bear plunge involved a lot less work for organizers. This year they’ll need a lot of elbow grease, faced with two feet of ice coating the waters off the Marina Park boat...
View ArticleWolfie reads
Literature is riddled with wolves. Most of them aren’t very nice. Little Red Riding Hood had to deal with the Big Bad Wolf and his ears, nose and mouth that were much too big to be Granny. The Three...
View ArticleGrowing bigger
The spring Home and Garden Show has expanded once again and laid claim to the entire Canadian Lakehead Exhibition fairgrounds. The 15th annual weekend-long event is now underway on the CLE grounds....
View ArticleDiving in
It was far from a perfect day to take a dip. But that’s exactly why more than 100 people took the fourth annual Polar Bear Plunge at Prince Arthur’s Landing Saturday. Hundreds of spectators gathered...
View ArticleCar dealership owner puts hair on the line for Camp Quality fundraiser
Car dealership owner puts hair on the line for Camp Quality fundraiser The owner of Badanai Motors is lending a hand to Camp Quality, in its effort to keep the program going for kids suffering from...
View ArticlePsychic sports
Toronto Maple Leafs fans might be in for another tough year. And the Toronto Blue Jays might not want to pre-order champagne for October. While the psychics at a four-day fair in Thunder Bay usually...
View ArticleAlternative option
A local educational initiative is hoping to have an alternative school in Thunder Bay by 2014. The Northern Lights Educational Initiative is putting a prosal together for a school that would be...
View ArticlePopular colour
It’s usually a bad thing when a student has to spend more time with the principal. But on Wednesday, the class that wore the most pink at Claude E. Garton Public School got extra recess time with...
View ArticleOpen house
When it comes to buying a home a hundred dollars usually doesn’t go a long way. But that money could be all that’s needed to buy a $416,000 home in Sherwood Estates thanks to the 27th annual Rotary...
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