by adminA review of the provincewide testing of grade 3, 6, 9, and 10 students is underway. Education Minister Paul Calandra has established an advisory panel in hopes of understanding why many students are not meeting provincial standards. “While there has been progress in recent years, too many...
READ MORE by adminA shelter in place order has been issued for the Town of Atikokan. That’s because the OPP are responding to an active incident involving two possibly armed people at large. Members of the public in the Atikokan area are urged to shelter-in-place and follow the following safety...
READ MORE by adminThe Financial Accountability Office of Ontario is painting a picture of the subsidized housing needs in the province. It estimates that over one million households needed some form of support last year. Only about 30 percent received it, and of those, almost 86,000 households continued to...
READ MORE by adminMarch is kicking off with movies, music, theatre, brunch, and a community gathering focused on connection and storytelling. Here’s what’s happening around Thunder Bay this week. TBCA Movie Night – Monsters, Inc. Date: Thursday, March 5Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PMLocation: Thunder Bay...
READ MORE by adminMost of Canada’s Energy Ministers have begun exploring the idea of a national transmission grid. Quebec has not put its signature to a Memorandum of Understanding. The grid would allow excess electricity from one jurisdiction to flow to other provinces and territories. The idea was...
READ MORE by adminThe following story contains sensitive subject matter that may be upsetting to readers. The preliminary court hearing for the murder of 42-year old Deborah Anishinabie is underway. 25-year old Levi Lawson was charged with indignity to a human body in December 2024 and second-degree murder...
READ MORE by adminToday on MORNINGS IN THE BAY, John shared what the City of Thunder Bay deems as prohibited animals in your home / property. Thunder Bay’s Animal Keeping By-law reads a bit like the world’s wildest “Do Not Adopt” list, banning everything from bears and non‑human primates to all marsupials,...
READ MORE by adminThe federal government is using the Prospectors and Developers Conference in Toronto to announce a number of funding streams for the mining industry. That including money for the First and Last Mile Fund. Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgeson says this will allow mining...
READ MORE by adminIt was a slightly late start to Thunder Bay city council Monday night. Two councillors missing, both Oliver and Gertuiga were away. Council didn’t get underway until about 20 minutes later than scheduled, which usually means one thing — the closed session discussion before the public...
READ MORE by adminPhoto by Shivendu Shukla on Unsplash Last week, a listener named Charles called into MORNINGS IN THE BAY right in the middle of our big Thunder Bay snowstorm, and his energy has stuck with me ever since. While most of us were grumbling about shovelling, scraping windshields, and navigating...
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