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Posted 20 May 2022

Victoria Day: Open And Closed

The list of what is open for Victoria Day is limited. Shopper’s Drug Mart will be open from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. while Thunder Bay Transit will run on a holiday schedule for Monday. Banks, government offices and Canada Post locations will be closed as will most grocery stores, shopping...

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Posted 20 May 2022

NDP Want To Regulate Gas Prices With OEB

A promise to regulate the price you pay at the pump. In a virtual call Friday, NDP leader Andrea Horwath stated that both the PC’s and Liberals want to have short term and unsustainable plans of cutting a portion of gas and fuel taxes. Horwath is continuing the campaign on Zoom after announcing...

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Posted 20 May 2022

NDP Want To Regulate Gas Prices With OEB

A promise to regulate the price you pay at the pump. In a virtual call Friday, NDP leader Andrea Horwath stated that both the PC’s and Liberals want to have short term and unsustainable plans of cutting a portion of gas and fuel taxes. Horwath is continuing the campaign on Zoom after announcing...

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Posted 20 May 2022

Crazy Safari Selfie

You never what you come across on a safari or what will come your way! A cheetah decided to visit one of the safari vehicles and just wanted a break near some pretty uncomfortable passengers. What would be your first instinct be if that happened to you? Take a selfie, of course! I don’t think I...

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Posted 20 May 2022

Decision 2022: Thunder Bay-Atikokan

Just 13 days remain until Election Day in Ontario. Three of the seven candidates running in Thunder Bay-Atikokan took part in a forum this week hosted by the Anishnawbe Business Professional Association and the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce. Eric Arner of the Green Party participated virtually...

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Posted 20 May 2022

Report Finds Canadians Love Camping

Many Canadians are heading for the outdoors for the long weekend. The Kampgrounds of America annual report looked at camping habits for North Americans. Thirty-three per cent of Canadians said camping is their way to get away from crowds, while 40 per cent said it’s the campfires they enjoy....

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Posted 20 May 2022

Lowering Your Grocery & Gas Bills; Who’s Offering What This Election

It’s a viscous circle when the price of gas rises, so does the cost of food and products along with it. Since there is less than two weeks left until election day on June 2nd, what have the political parties offered to do for Ontario residents to lower the price of groceries and gas? Progressive...

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Posted 20 May 2022

Decision 2022: Thunder Bay-Atikokan

Just 13 days remain until Election Day in Ontario. Three of the seven candidates running in Thunder Bay-Atikokan took part in a forum this week hosted by the Anishnawbe Business Professional Association and the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce. Eric Arner of the Green Party participated virtually...

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Posted 20 May 2022

Johnny Cash Water Tower Shot In Funny Spot

Vandalism is never funny, neither is shooting at monuments but you have to admit this does make you chuckle a little bit.  A water tower in Kingsland, Arkansas, a small town known as the birthplace of Johnny Cash, features a silhouette of the music legend. But recently, Cash appears to have...

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Posted 20 May 2022

Local Independent Candidate Ready For Challenge

An Independent candidate in the riding of Kenora-Rainy River. Mi’azhikan, the Indigenous name of Janine Seymour, was also a NDP candidate in the last federal election She admits campaigning as an Independent has its challenges. “I’m really glad that we live in a virtual world now, so I encourage...

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