Police launching informative elder abuse video
City police will launch an informative video Wednesday about abuse. The Thunder Bay Police Service is launching the video to help inform First Nation residents about elder abuse. The video is narrated...
View ArticleBikers prepare for another Ride for Dad campaign
More than 300 motorcycle riders will again be revving their engines this June for a good cause. The 13th annual Ride for Dad campaign launched Tuesday. The annual event is in support of prostate...
View ArticleCall of the Wild
The call of this wild and wondrous exhibit on display at Thunder Bay Art Gallery speaks to viewers as soon as they enter the third and largest space. Artist-architect and master-craftsman Tom Benner’s...
View ArticleAddressing abuse
Elder abuse strikes all segments of society. But with First Nations populations growing rapidly in Thunder Bay, police are starting to notice more incidents within the Aboriginal community. Rather...
View ArticleSecret Angels
Thunder Bay is getting a Dragons’ Den-style event next month, but with a twist. The Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre and Northern Ontario Angels are hosting the Secret Angel Event, where...
View ArticleGirl Power conference gets set for 10th annual event
Another Girl Power Conference will try to help empower young girls and give them a judgement-free zone to try out new activities. The 10th annual conference is set for May 11 at Confederation College....
View ArticleHealth Sciences Foundation grateful for industrial partners
The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation president and CEO is grateful to have industrial partners that don’t contribute to the hospital’s emergency room – the busiest in the province....
View ArticleRelay returns
There’s always been a little clowning around at Relay for Life. This year organizers are making it official, initiating a circus theme for the annual Canadian Cancer Society fundraiser, scheduled for...
View ArticleFolklore fun
Patrons at next weekend’s 40th anniversary Folklore Festival are in for an Afro-Caribbean treat next weekend. The two cultures will be front-and-centre on display at the annual Fort William Gardens...
View ArticleOut of the Darkness
Margaret Hajdinjak’s son was 26 when he took his life in 2005. In the past eight years, three of his friends have committed suicide, the latest death coming in last December 2012. On Sunday, May 5...
View ArticleFirebird for raffle
When the 1969 Pontiac Firebird first hit the sales floor, it cost $3,045. Forty-four years later someone in Thunder Bay can get one for as low as $15. On Tuesday the Thunder Bay Museum launched its...
View ArticleResearch investment
Chris Phenix has an ambitious goal in the fight against cancer. The Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute scientist is attempting to develop a new imaging technique that will not only detect...
View ArticleCity’s youth honoured during a flag-raising ceremony Wednesday
It’s been said youth is wasted on the young. Not in the case of Andrew Faulkner and his classmates at Thunder Bay’s Pope John Paul II Elementary School. The 13-year-old led the charge Wednesday, as...
View ArticleTan-free grad
With an oncologist for a mother, Jenna Simpson is always hearing about the dangers of tanning. But while the Grade 12 Sir Winston Churchill Collegiate and Vocational Institute student knows the risks...
View ArticleSeasonal makeover
The city is getting a spring makeover. On Wednesday dozens of businesses and organizations across Thunder Bay joined forces, taking 20 minutes out of their day to put a sparkle and shine on their...
View ArticleMother of the year
Kerri Maunula was 33 years old in 2007 when life came crashing down around her. A long-time volunteer with the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Thunder Bay, out of nowhere her finger started twitching....
View ArticleClowning for change
Although they have a clown’s nose on, students at Hyde Park Public School are taking bullying seriously. The students helped kick off the Fort City Kinette Club’s fundraising campaign for the George...
View ArticleHigh school students build baby cradles for charity
Grade 10 students at St. Patrick High School spent the past week sanding and sawing, building 10 baby cradles to donate to a worthy cause. The finished product, in the final stages at the south-side...
View ArticleFiesta fun
Arts and culture are natural partners. It only made sense to combine the two at the 40th anniversary Folklore Festival. On Friday, students from elementary schools across Thunder Bay descended on Fort...
View ArticleCultural oasis
Stephanie Drebit hit up Folklore Festival for one reason and one reason only. Her friend, Randy Thomas, was a little more adventurous. “I come here just for the food and I’m eating a pork kabob from...
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