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Posted 10 June 2022

Rebecca Johnson Not Running In 2022

No sixth term on Thunder Bay City Council for Rebecca Johnson. The nineteen year councillor made the announcement Friday at Hillcrest Park, joining Neebing representative Cody Fraser who has also said they will not seek re-election in October. “It has been my absolute honour to serve the...

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Posted 10 June 2022

Random question: do you have a favourite pen? The BALLPOINT PEN is trending on social media!

Nikk / CC I was shocked to see that the Ballpoint Pen was trending on Twitter / social media this morning. Here’s what you  might no know:  t was invented on this day, in 1943.  Have you heard the story about this invention?  It’s credited to a man named Laszlo Biro of Hungary.  During the...

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Posted 10 June 2022

Dragons Of Hope Paddling To Vancouver

A returning to calming waters has been a long time coming for the Dragons of Hope team. The ladies dipped their paddles in the water Thursday night for the first time in three years as they prepare to head to Vancouver for the Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Festival. The lifting of COVID-19...

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Posted 10 June 2022

Dragons Of Hope Paddling To Vancouver

A returning to calming waters has been a long time coming for the Dragons of Hope team. The ladies dipped their paddles in the water Thursday night for the first time in three years as they prepare to head to Vancouver for the Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Festival. The lifting of COVID-19...

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Posted 10 June 2022

Canada Post Unveils Five New Stamps

Nostalgic travel posters from the 20th century are featured in five new stamps from Canada Post. The Vintage Travel Posters collection puts the spotlight on alluring ads from the 1930s to 1950s. As Canada’s popularity as a tourist destination surged, railways and steamship companies commissioned...

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Posted 10 June 2022

Canada Post Unveils Five New Stamps

Nostalgic travel posters from the 20th century are featured in five new stamps from Canada Post. The Vintage Travel Posters collection puts the spotlight on alluring ads from the 1930s to 1950s. As Canada’s popularity as a tourist destination surged, railways and steamship companies commissioned...

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Posted 9 June 2022

Body Recovered From Lake Superior

Tragedy at Lake Superior along the Sleeping Giant Peninsula shoreline. Thunder Bay OPP said they located a kayak and the body of 57-year-old Alexander Hay Wednesday afternoon after he was reported missing by Sleeping Giant Provincial Park staff earlier in the day. Hay was last seen by campers on...

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Posted 9 June 2022

Body Recovered From Lake Superior

Tragedy at Lake Superior along the Sleeping Giant Peninsula shoreline. Thunder Bay OPP said they located a kayak and the body of 57-year-old Alexander Hay Wednesday afternoon after he was reported missing by Sleeping Giant Provincial Park staff earlier in the day. Hay was last seen by campers on...

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Posted 9 June 2022

Mask Mandate Will Remain At TBRHSC

The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) will maintain COVID-19 measures for the foreseeable future. In an email sent to our newsroom Thursday, spokesperson Marcello Bernardo said it includes mandatory masking and entrance screening for patients and visitors. Bernardo recognized...

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Posted 9 June 2022

Pets Getting Into Trouble

This morning I woke up to a bunch of red fabric everywhere which was really bizarre until I realized is was fabric from one of my couch cushions! I normally tuck them behind my bedroom door so that my bunny won’t eat them and I have a door stopper to make the space to get to them super small but...

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