The final installment to Northern Policy Institute’s Northern Attraction Series proposes strategies and solutions to attract Newcomers to the North When it comes to attraction and retention, the literature is rich with best practices and solutions. However, not all strategies are appropriate for [Read more]
Jul 11, 2019 @ 13:20 – Wawa-news has been told that power has been restored in Dubreuilville. Jul 11, 2019 @ 12:13 – Wawa-news has been informed by Algoma Power that this morning at approximately 9:15 a.m. Algoma Power experienced an outage to approximately 576 customers in the area [Read more]
For many years now, popular books have been adapted into movies. Viewers can watch as their favourite characters are transformed on the big screen, giving them a face and a voice that jumps off the pages. Renowned author Stephen King has had the privilege of watching as many of his horror themed [Read more]
THUNDER BAY DISTRICT, ON – July 3rd Thunder Bay District Health Unit confirmed that a public health officer(s) had completed testing of beaches across the district for the following beaches: Shuniah – Wild Goose Beach, O’Connor Point, West Loon Lake Neebing – Cloud Lake, [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Monday night at 10:50pm, residents gathered downtown at Prospector Park (enduring the mosquitos and blackflies which were out in large quantities) to watch a spectacular fireworks show by the Manitouwadge Volunteer Firefighters in celebration of Canada Day 2019. The show [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Fire Chief Owen Cranney began Monday’s Canada Day BBQ and celebrations by sharing details of the May 21st, 2019 apartment fire on Station Road where the quick actions of 2 local men likely saved lives. The chief recounted, for those in attendance, how Mark [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Regular meeting of the Corporation of the Township of Manitouwadge Town Council, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. RELATED LINKS Visit the Township of Manitouwadge website Subscribe to the Township of Manitouwadge YouTube channel [Read more]
TBDHU is declaring an HIV outbreak that is centered in homeless/under-housed population in the city of Thunder Bay. This is the same population that is disproportionately impacted by the ongoing tuberculosis outbreak. The outbreak declaration comes after a recent spike of cases in May and June [Read more]
For most kids growing up the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, Disney movies were a fixture in the household. Seeing a shelf full of the big bulky VHS cases with such titles as Cinderella, Lion King and other classics was about as common as the rotary phone at the time. One of the aforementioned classics [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – Regular meeting of Township of Schreiber Town Council, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. RELATED LINKS Visit the Township of Schreiber website Subscribe to the Township of Schreiber YouTube channel [Read more]
Saturday, June 22 at 2pm, award-winning director Jamie Kastner will be participating in a video Q&A session following the screening of his documentary film There Are No Fakes at Magnus Theatre. The film is presented by the Thunder Bay Art Gallery in collaboration with Magnus Theatre. There [Read more]
A few years ago, Jordan Peele was best known as a comedic actor- most notably from the show Key &Peele. Then in 2017, Peele showed a different side of himself as the writer, producer and director of “Get Out”. The horror/thriller would go on to achieve critical acclaim while also cleaning [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – June 17, 2019 was a day of celebration as St. Joseph’s Care Group affirmed its commitment to working with Indigenous Peoples. The day began with a traditional ceremony opening the Spiritual Gathering Lodge, Nigoos-aat-awin, led by Elder Ernie Kwandibens, an Elder from [Read more]
The Northeastern Ontario Rail Network (NEORN) continues to advocate to the provincial and federal governments for: the return of passenger rail service in Northeastern Ontario, improving existing passenger and freight rail services in the north, placing a moratorium on removal of any rail lines. [Read more]
The next meeting of the Public Advisory Committee to the Thunder Bay Remedial Action Plan will be at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 19 in room ATAC 3004 at Lakehead University. Evening parking at the university is free of charge and available right beside the ATAC building. The meeting will focus on [Read more]
