Space singalong
Music Monday took an out-of-the-world twist this year. Astronaut Chris Hadfield, cruising high above the planet on the International Space Station, was joined by schoolchildren across the country on...
View ArticleWe Stand Up event tackles bullying, social injustice and more
Thunder Bay needs to step up and take a stand, says Jacqueline Dyck. “The world has issues but we can make that change and we have the power,” said the Grade 9 Hammarskjold High School student. Dyck...
View ArticleSt. Martin students recognized for MS read-a-thon contribution
Children are always told reading can be rewarding. Little did they know their teachers and parents meant it literally. On Tuesday students at St. Martin Elementary School learned their efforts in last...
View ArticleWomen Build
Habitat for Humanity Thunder Bay is asking women to trade in their high heels for work boots. On Tuesday the organization launched its first Women Build project in the city, a Mary Street home that...
View ArticleA 'great cause'
Brad Hilgers rarely misses a McHappy Day. Rock 94’s afternoon drive guy on Wednesday was behind the McDonald’s counter once again, serving up coffee and beverages, all in support of two very worthy...
View ArticleMural revealed
For the second time in two years, local artists have paintbombed a Mac’s Convenience Store. Fifteen artists with Definitely Superior Art Gallery’s Die Active Youth Art Collective turned the back wall...
View ArticleCharity barbecue grown significantly since it first fired up
Sixteen years ago Debbie Rathje started a collection with her coworkers at TBayTel to donate to the local Cystic Fibrosis Canada chapter. “One of our coworkers, she has a daughter who was diagnosed....
View ArticleTwelve years of hair growth chopped for cancer research
Valerie Haigh has been growing her hair for the past 12 years. In a matter of seconds on Friday it all lay on the Westgate Collegiate and Vocational Institute gymnasium floor, chopped off and shaved...
View ArticleFestival of Trees
Martin Springett thinks reading helps build character. Admittedly, as the author of Kate and Pippin, An Unlikely Love Story, he’s a bit biased. But he’s also got a pretty good point. “It’s been shown...
View ArticleClose shave
Keeley Sweitzer walked into Intercity Shopping Centre on Saturday with long, flowing golden locks. The 12-year-old walked out with a bag full of hair. It was all in the name of a good cause, the...
View ArticleArtistic merit
By the end of the school year, Kristen Wall will be able to say she’s a professional artist. That is if all goes well during her first professional art gallery, which premiered at Definitely Superior...
View ArticleChancellor honoured
Lakehead University’s seventh chancellor, Arthur Mauro sees establishing a law school in the city as his biggest accomplishment. The 86-year-old grandfather of five finished his three-year term as the...
View ArticleSuccess stories shared for Children and Youth in Care Day
When it comes to youth in care, people like Allan Wemigwans aren’t celebrated enough. At 17, Wemigwans is one of hundreds of local youth in care through Dilico Anishnabek Family Care. A grassdancer,...
View ArticleBrigham honoured
Larry Brigham wishes his work wasn’t necessary. He’s spent the past 30 years in Thunder Bay helping establish food banks from Confederation College to the Regional Food Distribution Association, the...
View ArticleA 'brave' choice
A local family physician calls Angelina Jolie’s decision to have a preventative double mastectomy a brave thing to do. Heather McLean, a primary care lead for Regional Cancer Care Northwest, said the...
View ArticleStill growing
It began around a kitchen table over coffee 50 years ago. The conversation that would eventually become the Lakehead Social Planning Council was remembered by services director Marie Klassen Wednesday...
View ArticlePolice Services say they can`t do their job without community`s support
The police can’t do their job without the support of its citizens. “We need the community to help us find out information, gathering intelligence and so on,” said OPP Const. Diana Cole. Cole, along...
View ArticleSky-high fundraising
Sky high took on new meaning for participants in the United Way Billboard Rescue. Participants left the safety of Mother Earth’s ground for 20 minutes on Thursday, strapped into scissor lifts where...
View ArticleAshley Theriault, Antea Plesa awarded Lester Memorial bursaries
Ashley Theriault felt a weight lift off of her shoulders when she was awarded a Justice Ronald B. Lester Memorial Youth Foundation bursary. “It’s going to help me mostly with tuition and books. It’s...
View ArticleSafe cycling
Dave Noonan is a big believer in bicycles. Though he owns a bright yellow Ford pick-up, more often than not you’ll find the Brantford, Ont. transplant cycling along city streets, either on his way to...
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