More than $3.3 million from the province to help year-round sports tourism in Thunder Bay.

Queen’s Park is delivering the money through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund (NOHFC) which will include:

$1 million for the Thunder Bay Community Tennis Centre to install a year-round air-supported dome over six courts
$934,875 for Mount Baldy Ski Area to renovate facilities and turn its family-run ski hill into a year-round tourist destination
$760,000 for Blacksheep Mountain Bike Club to develop a year-round mountain bike trail network in Trowbridge Forest
$551,276 for the city to renovate and modernize Fort William Gardens and Fort William Curling Club in order to host the 2022 Scotties
$57,671 for Lappe Ski Centre to build an accessible commercial kitchen to host year-round events

The NOHFC promotes economic prosperity across Northern Ontario by providing financial assistance to projects—big and small, rural and urban—that stimulate growth, job creation and skills development. Since June 2018, The NOHFC has invested more than $374 million in 3,713 projects in Northern Ontario.