LONGLAC, ON – (See poster below) Members of the media and the public are cordially invited to attend the Healing Walk for all First Nations and Communities this Thursday. Walkers will be available to speak about a 7-day walk that began yesterday, July 15th, with a pipe ceremony at the [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – On June 20, 2018, at approximately 11:30 pm, members of the Greenstone Ontario Provincial Police (O.P.P.) were conducting a R.I.D.E. check on Highway 584 in the town of Geraldton, Ontario. Shortly after, a vehicle came through the checkpoint and the driver was known to [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – The Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing male from Marathon. Kevin CASTILLOUX, 20 years old, was last seen in the City of Thunder Bay approximately July 11, 2018. He has not been heard [Read more]
Thunder Bay won first place in Ontario in this year’s Commuter Challenge! With 82 workplaces and 938 individuals registered, and a whopping 738 individuals participating, Thunder Bay took the lead in the province and placed fourth in the nation behind Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver. This year [Read more]
Are you getting “ticked”? The Thunder Bay District Health Unit has been receiving an increasing number of tick submissions. Most ticks in the Thunder Bay district are wood (dog) ticks and do not carry Lyme disease. However, blacklegged (deer) ticks have the potential to carry the disease and [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Lakehead’s Office of Aboriginal Initiatives and Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales are hosting 100 Years of Loss: The Residential School System in Canada Mobile Exhibition at Lakehead University in the Agora from April 10-12. The 100 [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Every day we consume countless words of information, from news articles, to advertisements, to social media posts. Behind all those words is a writer, and with the growing need for information, there is a growing need for writers. The Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop [Read more]
Version française ci-dessous The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) will be hosting the northernmost premiere of the documentary Bending the Arc since its first screening at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017. Date: Thursday, March 22, 2018 Time: [Read more]
Fort William First Nation to Host Ontario’s Indigenous Youth and Community Wellness Secretariat Ontario and First Nations leadership marked a significant milestone today, with the opening of a new office in Fort William First Nation to support Indigenous youth in their community–the first [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Over 2017, the Thunder Bay District Health Unit has seen an increase in the number of cases of invasive group A streptococcal (IGAS) infections in our community. This infection develops when the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes gets into the blood, joints, lungs, or [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – After extensive medical treatment in Marathon, Thunder Bay and Burlington, the OPP have been informed that Scott STITT has died in hospital. The OPP are continuing to investigate the cause of the incident. ___________ On Wednesday Aug 9, 2017 at approximately 1:00 p.m. [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – On Wednesday Aug 9, 2017 at approximately 1:00 p.m. members of the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a call at Neys Provincial Park (NPP) to assist the Marathon Emergency Medical Services (EMS). A male had been involved in a diving related incident that [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Shelter House is pleased to announce the restart of the Street Outreach Services (SOS) program effective August 15th, 2017 at 2pm. The SOS program was suspended on April 1, 2017 due to a funding shortfall. Through fundraising efforts and the support of the community Shelter [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – FedNor – The Government of Canada is investing $100,000 to complete vital infrastructure upgrades to the aquatics facility at the Fort William Columbus Centre in Thunder Bay. Operated by the local Knights of Columbus who invest more than 30,000 volunteer hours [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Today, Shelter House celebrated Earth Day with the launch of a new campaign #ProjectChange which aims at empowering and engaging residents throughout the year. This campaign furthers Shelter House’s plan towards engaging residents and providing opportunities for growth [Read more]
