by adminThis week marks the 45th anniversary of Terry Fox’s end to his MARATHON OF HOPE. It was September, 1980, he was forced to stop his run because cancer returned to his lungs. Over the course of 4 ½ months, Terry ran over 5,300 km. Today, we give a shout out to a few local schools....
READ MORE by adminDee spoke with Lauri, who told her about her friend’s daughter ordering pizza for dinner — but she didn’t get the first bite. Before the food even made it inside, a bear casually strolled onto the deck like it had RSVP’d to dinner and snatched the pizza. Lauri shared the video with Dee, and...
READ MORE by adminThe Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame has named its newest inductees. They include four athletes and two builders. Kenora-born karate champion Malcolm Fisher, Thunder Bay karate champ and instructor John Charry, free-style skier Doug Robinson, and the late John Schella, a two-time...
READ MORE by adminDennis Franklin Cromarty High School (DFC) is welcoming new students to Thunder Bay with Wake the Giant. The annual event culminates with a music festival open to all on Saturday, which is being headlined by the Black Eyed Peas. The action is kicking off on Thursday with DFC’s Amazing...
READ MORE by adminCountry 105’s morning show host, Dee, was on the air talking about the changing flavor of Kraft Dinner back to it’s OG flavour when she got a call from listener Howie. Howie explained that the topic brought back memories of his time in trade school, where he practically lived on KD! The...
READ MORE by adminThunder Bay has a little more wiggle room to make a final decision on the home for the city’s Temporary Shelter Village Initiative. The Hillyard Site has been selected to host the village, but city council is set to re-debate the location on September 16. This comes as Red River Ward...
READ MORE by adminThunder Bay is alive with rhythm, heritage, and heart this week. As summer winds down, the city is turning up the volume with music festivals, cultural celebrations, and community-driven events that bring people together. Whether you’re tapping your toes to mandolin melodies, cheering on...
READ MORE by adminThe federal Conservative leader is calling on the Liberal government to scrap the temporary foreign worker (TFW) program. Leader Pierre Poilievre alleges the program is creating an “unemployment crisis” and taking jobs away from Canadians. “The unemployment rate for those aged 15 to 24 is...
READ MORE by adminOn this edition…. the Temporary Village is back….Designated encampment sites are back….. and little was accomplished…. the wait continues. Standing Committee Meetings start next Tuesday at 4:30pm, the next City Council Meeting is Tuesday September 16.
READ MORE by adminPhoto by Brett Jordan on Unsplash With students heading back to class today, this is something I hope you can share with your kids today. I found this a few years ago on FB, and I’ve held on to it, and it “just…makes…sense”! This is areminder to sit with your child for 5 minutes, and...
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