Savour Superior: Raspberry Dream Cups
The Savour Superior Food and Drink Festival starts serving Thunder Bay this Friday. Keep an eye on tbnewswatch.com for special web episodes of featured participants of this food and drink expo daily....
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The Savour Superior Food and Drink Festival starts serving Thunder Bay this Friday. Keep an eye on tbnewswatch.com for special web episodes of featured participants of this food and drink expo daily....
View ArticleA clear need
Three days after undergoing bariatric surgery, Dawna Bonde was out walking and shopping. “I feel great,” she said Thursday morning at the launch of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre’s...
View ArticleDogfather of flavour
The Savour Superior Food and Drink Festival is serving Thunder Bay starting Friday, Sept. 12. Keep an eye on tbnewswatch.com for special web episodes of featured participants of this food and drink...
View ArticleThe golden Loon
The Savour Superior Food and Drink Festival is serving Thunder Bay now. Keep an eye on tbnewswatch.com for special web episodes of featured participants of this food and drink expo daily. This final...
View ArticleCity LCBO outlets join FASD campaign
THUNDER BAY -- Local liquor stores are joining a campaign to raise awareness about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. The city’s LCBO retail outlets are partnering with the NorWest Community Health...
View ArticleScrap to funds
THUNDER BAY -- A local business is turning tonnes scrap metal into a charitable donation. Dutchak Recycle Inc. on Saturday officially made a donation of $10,000, one cent for every 10 pounds of steel...
View ArticleTaste of Superior
THUNDER BAY -- Sharla Brown had a feeling a local food and drink showcase would tap into a niche in the community. She didn’t expect it to reach as deep as it did. The first Savour Superior Food and...
View ArticleOpen Streets returns
THUNDER BAY -- While less than desirable weather conditions might have dampened community involvement, the city’s second Open Streets event went ahead Sunday. More than five kilometres of roadway on...
View ArticleRun lives on
THUNDER BAY -- Dan Slomke can still remember the day he met Terry Fox. It was in 1980 in Terrace Bay during Fox’s Marathon of Hope across Canada. While the conversation did not extend far beyond a...
View ArticleCharity ride
THUNDER BAY -- The one positive about the weather Sunday morning is that cyclists participating in the Caribou Charity Ride were not in danger of overheating. The fifth annual Caribou Charity Ride...
View ArticleCity Hall Sounds returns Thursday
THUNDER BAY -- City Hall Sounds is set to return. The City of Thunder Bay is bringing the musical initiative back Thursday Sept. 18 from noon until 2 p.m. at McGillivary Square, just in front of city...
View ArticleMajor recruitment needs on horizon for OPP
THUNDER BAY -- With hundreds of people approaching retirement, the OPP is looking to hire an unprecedented number of officers in the next two years. “We’re seriously looking for a good number of...
View ArticleRecovery Day
THUNDER BAY -- Kathy Maydo knows what it’s like to have her entire life controlled by addiction. Now nearly three years sober, she recognizes her recovery from alcohol addiction every day when she...
View ArticleSafety Awards
Crime prevention starts at home. The police can’t be everywhere, says Coun. Joe Virdiramo, commenting Wednesday on the importance of the fourth annual Mayor’s Community Safety Awards. “It’s embracing...
View ArticleFocus on numbers
THUNDER BAY -- Mathematics will be a focal point for local elementary students after the latest standardized test results show a need for improvement in that area. The Education Quality and...
View ArticleLimited H20
THUNDER BAY -- Bill Bartley says only two per cent of the world’s water is drinkable. He’d like to see the younger generation capture a firm understanding of that point while they’re still young...
View ArticleA small step
THUNDER BAY -- Judy Davies would love to see a city council split evenly between men and women. But with just eight females running next month, she knows she faces an uphill battle. Davies, co-chair...
View ArticleCity Hall Sounds returns Thursday
THUNDER BAY -- City Hall Sounds is set to return. The City of Thunder Bay is bringing the musical initiative back Thursday Sept. 18 from noon until 2 p.m. at McGillivary Square, just in front of city...
View ArticleReady to roast
THUNDER BAY -- Kathy Harris and Clint Harris are no strangers to the spotlight. It’ll be shining directly on the pair of well-known Thunder Bay media executives on Nov. 6, when the duo will be roasted...
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