Musical joyride
The rains came yet again, but the Blues Festival faithful weren’t going anywhere on Sunday. At least not until Jakob Dylan and the Wallflowers were done delivering a slightly delayed, hit-laden set....
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THUNDER BAY – There are still opportunities for students searching for summer employment While they may not be the most glamorous positions, YES Employment marketing and communications manager Sharon...
View ArticleCLE goes smoke free
THUNDER BAY -- The Canadian Lakehead Exhibition’s family fair is going smoke-free for the first time in 124 years. CLE president Danny Mosa said it's his understanding they are the first agricultural...
View ArticleFighting on
THUNDER BAY -- Murray Brown is hopeful the marvels of science will one day yield a cure for ALS. The 52-year-old Thunder Bay Police Service staff sergeant was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral...
View ArticleDown and dirty
THUNDER BAY -- Mud runs are quickly becoming an almost mandatory rite of passage for fitness enthusiasts. Candace Begin, 46, checked completing a mud run off her checklist on a warm and sunny Saturday...
View ArticleFilling the streets
THUNDER BAY -- Closing roads to open streets seems contradictory. But as the city’s first Open Streets initiative showed, it is quite successful. For five hours on Sunday the entirety of Algoma Street...
View ArticleAnnual teddy bears' picnic draws close to 3,000 people
THUNDER BAY -- Maya Venn can’t even remember how many times she has gone to the teddy bears’ picnic. All the eight-year-old knows for sure is that it has been a lot. Maya and her six-year-old brother...
View ArticlePlay ball
THUNDER BAY - More than 20 children took to the ballpark Thursday, giving them a chance to take their minds off cancer and instead focus on baseball. Camp Quality Northwestern Ontario participants met...
View ArticleCelebrating fandom
THUNDER BAY – This city is well-known for its strong support of sports figures, specifically the homegrown hockey players. But that doesn’t mean Thunder Bay’s fandom is just limited to athletic...
View Article'Strength and hope'
THUNDER BAY -- The Dragons of Hope know a thing or two about perseverance. The group of breast cancer survivors have become mainstays at the city’s annual Dragon Boat Festivals, with their...
View ArticleFun Day used to promote Chippewa Park
THUNDER BAY -- Bill Beavis wants the spirit of Chippewa Park to live on. Five years ago Beavis was nominated to join the board of directors for the Friends of Chippewa Park community organization but...
View ArticleCherishing the lake
THUNDER BAY – Lake Superior has a special place in the hearts of Mike Link and Kate Crowley. The couple from Willow River, Minn. got married while on the vast body of water and four years ago walked...
View ArticleBroadway on Bay
Broadway is returning to Bay Street. Two years after Applauze Productions first hosted a musical theatre revue at the Finlandia Club, they are back next week with three shows fittingly called...
View ArticleReinvented success
THUNDER BAY - A revamped dragon boat festival focused on family fun instead of fierce competition was a success, say event organizers. Family of Dragons Festival chairman Volker Kromm said after...
View ArticleLife options
Patients admitted to Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre will now have five sets of instructions for doctors and nurses should they suffer a cardiac or respiratory arrest or unexpected...
View ArticleFeeling the heat
THUNDER BAY - Summer weather couldn’t come fast enough for Noah Bertoni. The youngster was one of hundreds of children taking advantage of temperatures in the 30 C range on Monday, cooling off in the...
View ArticleJune a cool month for tourism into city, July may have brought more traffic
THUNDER BAY -- Gas prices and a cool start to the summer may have led to the slow start to the tourism season. Paul Pepe, the manager of tourism for the City of Thunder Bay, said Wednesday that June...
View ArticleCollege’s natural resources program giving students opportunities in the field
THUNDER BAY -- Before joining Confederation College’s First Nations Natural Resources Youth Employment Program, Dancia Gagne had no idea what she wanted to do for a living. Four years later, she’s got...
View ArticleStreet sounds
THUNDER BAY -- Street corner music isn’t always common in the city. Yet a visit this weekend to a popular north side business district will show the talent that is out there. The second annual Valley...
View ArticleBusiness boost
THUNDER BAY -- It was like Christmas in July this weekend for some north side businesses. That’s the word from owners of various enterprises in the Bay and Algoma neighbourhood, who said the second...
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