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Posted 18 January 2022

Curbing The Correctional Centre Outbreak

Three staff members at the Thunder Bay Correctional Centre are confirmed to have COVID-19. The infections forced the Thunder Bay District Health Unit to declare an outbreak Monday, but thus far no inmates have received a positive diagnosis. President Shawn Bradshaw of the Ontario Public Service...

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Posted 18 January 2022

Boy saves man buried in snow

Many cities were hit with much snow yesterday including Ottawa, where a boy saved an elderly man. 8-year-old Clayton McGuire noticed the man was almost buried in snow and told his parents who called 911. They took the man in and warmed him up with hot chocolate before the paramedics arrived, who...

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Posted 18 January 2022

86 New Cases In Thunder Bay

292 is the active case count in the Thunder Bay District Health Unit. Of the new infections Tuesday 49 case causes are pending while 35 others were picked up from someone else who had the virus. As of the last update, six of the 26 patients being treated in the Thunder Bay Regional Health...

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Posted 18 January 2022

86 New Cases In Thunder Bay

292 is the active case count in the Thunder Bay District Health Unit. Of the new infections Tuesday 49 case causes are pending while 35 others were picked up from someone else who had the virus. As of the last update, six of the 26 patients being treated in the Thunder Bay Regional Health...

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Posted 18 January 2022

False Positives Not That Common In RATs

False positives are a concern when doing rapid testing for Covid-19, but not as much as one would think. Since the introduction of rapid tests many have been concerned about getting a false positive test. Previously, getting a false positive would result in the need to go an get a swab for a PCR...

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Posted 18 January 2022

Do you still have your outdoor Christmas decorations up?

Ed Kennedy / CC A new study says nearly half of us judge our neighbours for leaving their ‘outdoor’ Christmas decorations up….including the snowman / Santa Claus / reindeer etc.   75% said they should come down the first week of January. I didn’t have a chance to put up my one decoration this...

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Posted 18 January 2022

Canada’s One Bus Needed A Push!?!? LOL

Have you seen this video from Toronto yet?  They got pummeled with a snow storm yesterday and some of their city buses had issues getting around.  What do good ol’ Canadian folks do when someone gets stuck?  Push them out of course…

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Posted 18 January 2022

Digital Access Library Program Is Back To Stay

The Thunder Bay Public Library’s digital access program is now a permanent feature. Teens and adults who have library card, and accounts that are in good standing will be able to borrow a tablet, Chromebook or WiFi Hotspot from the library. Bridging the Digital Divide program is now a permanent...

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Posted 18 January 2022

Digital Access Library Program Is Back To Stay

The Thunder Bay Public Library’s digital access program is now a permanent feature. Teens and adults who have library card, and accounts that are in good standing will be able to borrow a tablet, Chromebook or WiFi Hotspot from the library. Bridging the Digital Divide program is now a permanent...

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Posted 18 January 2022

Police Board Responds To Morriseau

United, working well and far from collapse. That response coming Monday night from Chair Kristen Oliver of the Thunder Bay Police Services Board following a statement released earlier in the day by board member Georjann Morriseau. Morriseau maintained there is no effective governance structure,...

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