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The Cult to headline two-day Fort William Historical Park festival
THUNDER BAY -- Eighties rockers the Cult will headline a two-day music festival being held this summer at Fort William Historical Park. Fort Fest is scheduled for July 15 and 16 and also includes...
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Using Indigenous historical perspectives to fight racism
THUNDER BAY -- A local compaign is teaching Indigenous historical perspectives to address misconceptions and combat racism. Confederation College Native Child and Family services students presented...
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Locals write letters to connect with community in the midst of a suicide crisis
Solaar Stradiotto is sending her best hearts to Attawapiskat. The six-year-old local girl knows little about what is going on in the remote Northern community located nearly 700 kilometres northeast...
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Pageant participant's platform promotes psychological health
THUNDER BAY -- Combining both brains and beauty, Thunder Bay's Miss Universe Canada contestant is using her pageant platform to raise awareness on mental health. Melinda Henderson, 23, believes there...
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Folklore Festival to celebrate multculturalism
THUNDER BAY -- The city’s most colorful event of the year is taking a journey around the world. The 43rd annual Folklore Festival will be a two-day showcase of Thunder Bay’s diverse cultural heritage...
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Local man invents hat
THUNDER BAY -- A local hat has gone nationwide and beyond. John Vanderwees, president of Vanderwees Home and Garden, came up with the idea for the Multikap four years ago. The hat resembles a baseball...
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Royal Tusk to open for Collective Soul
THUNDER BAY -- Not even a freshly dislocated shoulder can stop Royal Tusk vocalist and guitarist Daniel Carriere. Our interview may have been rescheduled twice in the same day, but it eventually did...
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Tea meets high fashion in inaugural fundraiser (12 Photos)
THUNDER BAY -- Dozens of women rocked the runway this weekend for a good cause. The Valhalla Inn hosted the first annual High Tea and Fashion Show Sunday afternoon in support of the Northern Cancer...
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Art Gallery makes soil a spring canvass
THUNDER BAY -- For Vivian Wood-Alexander, guerrilla gardening is art. The Thunder Bay Art Gallery educator hosted Art In The Garden on Sunday as she encouraged children and their grandparents to make...
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Hammarskjold student rocks the Northern Ontario Regional Science Fair
THUNDER BAY - A road block on a paleontology expedition helped a Grade 10 Hammarskjold High School student win six awards at the Northwestern Ontario Regional Science Fair, including Best In Fair....
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Local man's innovative hat now has national market
THUNDER BAY -- A local hat has gone nationwide and beyond. John Vanderwees, president of Vanderwees Home and Garden, came up with the idea for the Multikap four years ago. The hat resembles a baseball...
View ArticleLocal dietitian collects provincial award
(Thunder Bay, April 25, 2016) - Holly Freill, Renal Dietitian with Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC), is the winner of a Human Touch Award. Freill was honoured at a ceremony in...
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Walk aims to bring suicide Out of the Darkness
It saddens Margaret Hajdinjak to see a suicide epidemic plaguing communities across Ontario’s far north. Eleven years ago the founder of the Out of the Darkness Memorial Walk lost her own son to...
View ArticleFort Fest camping spots sell out almost immediately
THUNDER BAY -- The Cult, Starship, Platinum Blonde and 54-40 still have plenty of drawing power. They helped Fort William Historical Park sell out its camping space in less than four days, after...
View ArticleLabour law at centre of upcoming conference
Thunder Bay Human Resources Professionals are Excited to Host Employment & Labour Law Conference, May 5th & 6th Thunder Bay, April 26, 2016: The Human Resources Professionals Association –...
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The return of Surface Rising
Drummer Gabriel Michael’s American accent echoes over the phone. He’s enthusiastic to talk about his band, Surface Rising, which is composed of Thunder Bay’s vocalist Jesse LaBerge, bassist Dave...
View ArticleCultivating your Roots this Saturday
Cultivating Your Community Roots at the 5th Annual Rural Health Fair Thunder Bay, ON, Saturday, May 14, 2016: Cultivating Your Roots will be held in the “Village” at Kakabeka Falls School on Saturday,...
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Coleman Hell new single Fireproof drops this Friday
THUNDER BAY – Coleman Hell fans are about to get a listen to the pop star’s newest single. Hell, a native of Thunder Bay, turned heads with the release of his first hit single 2 Heads. In two days he...
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Sunshine Dream For Kids sending youngster and family to Disney World
THUNDR BAY -- Emilie Pike has been through a lot in her short, nearly six-year life. Born with cerebral palsy, the Thunder Bay youngster has been through countless surgeries and nonetheless almost...
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Films for Movie Nights in the Park selected
THUNDER BAY -- Two wildly popular movies from two completely different generations will be featured during the spring edition of the city’s popular Movie Nights in the Park outdoor screenings. Laura...
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