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Posted 7 March 2022

New Nursing Hires Could Get $5k

Big cash retention for incoming nurses. The province announced that $763 million is being made available to use when hiring new nursing staff as a retention payment. It’s temporary funding to help secure more nursing staff across the province, but on-boarding fulltime workers will get $5,000 and...

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Posted 7 March 2022

Local Campaign Collecting Bras for Victims of Human Trafficking

A local organization is helping keep textiles out of the landfill. If you’ve got bras just sitting in your dresser that just don’t do it for you anymore you can donate them to the Free the Girls campaign. EcoSuperior will be collecting donations all month long in honour of International Woman’s...

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Posted 7 March 2022

Local Campaign Collecting Bras for Victims of Human Trafficking

A local organization is helping keep textiles out of the landfill. If you’ve got bras just sitting in your dresser that just don’t do it for you anymore you can donate them to the Free the Girls campaign. EcoSuperior will be collecting donations all month long in honour of International Woman’s...

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Posted 7 March 2022

Feds chart course for safe travel ahead of Canada’s 2022 cruise ship season

The federal government is charting the course for smooth waters ahead of the 2022 cruise ship season. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra unveiled Canada’s new public health plan for cruise ships as the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into its third year. Alghabra made the announcement in Nova Scotia...

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Posted 7 March 2022

80th Death Of Pandemic In Thunder Bay

One more death in the Thunder Bay District Health Unit. 80 passings since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Officials also reported 172 active cases following the weekend. As of the last update, the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is treating seven of their 30...

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Posted 7 March 2022

80th Death Of Pandemic In Thunder Bay

One more death in the Thunder Bay District Health Unit. 80 passings since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Officials also reported 172 active cases following the weekend. As of the last update, the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is treating seven of their 30...

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Posted 7 March 2022

POTHOLES! POTHOLES! POTHOLES!

Zsolt Palatinus Have you driven over a pothole lately?  It’s that time when the freeze / thaw begins and it affects our roads, and the result:  POTHOLES. On Sunday, my wife drove over a nasty one on the Harbour Expressway.  She though it was a puddle.  NO IT WASN’T.  My first reaction was:...

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Posted 7 March 2022

Canadians booking Airbnbs to support Ukraine with no plans to check in

People from around the globe are booking Airbnbs in Ukraine with no plans to check in. The initiative has gained popularity on social media and aims to help put money directly into the wallets of Ukrainians in need of financial assistance. In just two days, Airbnb’s chief executive Brian Chesky...

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Posted 7 March 2022

More EV Chargers Coming To Town

EV chargers are going to popping up across the city. The Thunder Bay Community Economic Development fund is getting a boost with a $500,000 investment from the federal government. Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services and Minister Responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency...

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Posted 7 March 2022

More EV Chargers Coming To Town

EV chargers are going to popping up across the city. The Thunder Bay Community Economic Development fund is getting a boost with a $500,000 investment from the federal government. Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services and Minister Responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency...

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