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Posted 5 June 2021

TBDHU Reaches 81 Active Cases

The Thunder Bay District’s case count is creeping upward with another 16 new cases confirmed. Out of those, eight are in First Nation communities, two are in other communities in the district, and six are in Thunder Bay or the surrounding areas. We now have 81 active cases, as the new infections...

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Posted 5 June 2021

NWO Under Heat Warning

A heat wave is moving through the region, putting some areas under a heat warning from Environment Canada. Meteorologist Mark Schuster explains many areas saw record-breaking highs Friday, and forecasts highs in the 30s for “basically anywhere from about Kenora all the way towards Thunder Bay...

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Posted 5 June 2021

NWO Under Heat Warning

A heat wave is moving through the region, putting some areas under a heat warning from Environment Canada. Meteorologist Mark Schuster explains many areas saw record-breaking highs Friday, and forecasts highs in the 30s for “basically anywhere from about Kenora all the way towards Thunder Bay...

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Posted 5 June 2021

Thunder Bay Street Makes Worst Roads List

Only one road in Northwestern Ontario made the cut in the Canadian Automobile Association Worst Roads campaign. Tokio Street in Thunder Bay finished fifth in voting in the North and East districts. A total of 117 municipalities in Ontario saw roads in their communities nominated. Voters shared...

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Posted 5 June 2021

Thunder Bay Street Makes Worst Roads List

Only one road in Northwestern Ontario made the cut in the Canadian Automobile Association Worst Roads campaign. Tokio Street in Thunder Bay finished fifth in voting in the North and East districts. A total of 117 municipalities in Ontario saw roads in their communities nominated. Voters shared...

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Posted 5 June 2021

Man Rescued From River In Ware Twp.

A man was taken to the hospital after getting stranded while swimming in Ware Township. Thunder Bay Fire Rescue went to help Provincial Police rescue the man last night around ten o’clock at Crooked Rapids. They say he’d been swimming in the area and hurt his leg, and was stuck on the other side...

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Posted 5 June 2021

Naloxone Kits Help In Opioids Fight

The conversations around opioids and what to do about them in Thunder Bay are ongoing. Health officials indicate that between 2019 and 2020, there was a 40 per cent increase in deaths in Thunder Bay tied to both prescription and non-prescription overdoses. Pharmacist Sarah Haney with Court...

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Posted 5 June 2021

Naloxone Kits Help In Opioids Fight

The conversations around opioids and what to do about them in Thunder Bay are ongoing. Health officials indicate that between 2019 and 2020, there was a 40 per cent increase in deaths in Thunder Bay tied to both prescription and non-prescription overdoses. Pharmacist Sarah Haney with Court...

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Posted 5 June 2021

Man Rescued From River In Ware Twp.

A man was taken to the hospital after getting stranded while swimming in Ware Township. Thunder Bay Fire Rescue went to help Provincial Police rescue the man last night around ten o’clock at Crooked Rapids. They say he’d been swimming in the area and hurt his leg, and was stuck on the other side...

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Posted 5 June 2021

MNRF Confirms 16 New Fires

A rise in temperatures is causing more forest fires to spring up. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is confirming sixteen new ones, mostly in the Red Lake, Dryden and Sioux Lookout regions. That more than doubles the number of active fires to 22, with fourteen of them not under...

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