Thunder Bay council weighs encampment options and timelines
City administration presented a report on designated homeless encampments with maps and a larger budget for a human rights based approach. Councillors pressured for concrete changes while directing a follow up report by June 24 with site specific options and potential encampment areas.
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Thunder Bay
Cynthia Olsen
Rilee Willianen
Northwood Coun
Dominic Pasqualino
Coun
Trevor Giertaga
Pasqualino
Cil
Olsen
McIntyre
Albert Aiello
Aiello
Andrew Foulds
Foulds
Education director Pino Tassone to retire after decade with TB Catholic
Pino Tassone, one of the longest serving Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board directors of education, will retire at the end of the school year after ten years in the role. He highlights achievements including a technology plan, turf fields, new playgrounds, enhanced labs, and cultural rooms to boost Indigenous education. The board will decide on a transition plan and replacement before summer.
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Pino Tassone
Tassone
Sacred Heart School
St. Ignatius High School
Catholic Board
Thunder Bay Catholic
New Northwest Employment Works Office Opens in Sioux Lookout
Northwest Employment Works opens a new Sioux Lookout office at Confederation College campus supported by Employment Ontario. Brad Mesich notes a steady stream of inquiries since early April as the center offers career counselling job search help and training to students job seekers and employers.
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Northwest Employment Works
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Confederation College
Sioux Lookout
Employment Ontario
Brad Mesich
Mesich
Northwest
Thunder Bay
Dryden
Marathon
Ontario
David Piccini
Northwestworks.ca
Major upgrades underway at Red Rock Rec Centre
The Red Rock Recreation Centre undergoes a 1.8 million dollar upgrade including new siding flooring and bowling lanes. Thunder Bay contractors JML Engineering and RML Contracting lead work with funding from provincial and federal programs. Automatic scoring replaces manual, five new accessible doors, and a new HVAC system improve accessibility and efficiency. Completion expected by year end.
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Red Rock
Golden Club
Ashley Davis
Davis
JML Engineering
Thunder Bay
RML Contracting
Nipigon
Dorion
Brompton Road
Brompton
Baker Road
Rec Centre
Kenora man charged with impaired driving in Thunder Bay
A 36-year-old Kenora man, Michael Olsen, faced impaired driving charges after a minor collision at Highway 61 and Princess Street in Thunder Bay. He also faces a charge of operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol level over 80 mg. He will appear in Thunder Bay court on July 12.
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Kenora
Thunder Bay
Highway 61
Princess Street
Michael Olsen
Olsen
Carl Clutchey
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Journalism Initiative
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Chronicle Journal Raises Home Delivery Prices May 18 2024
Subscribers are informed a minor price increase will take effect May 18 2024 due to higher costs. The Tuesday to Saturday city carrier rate rises from 28.94 to 30.38 per month, taxes included, with rural and district prices higher. Newsstand prices remain unchanged at 1.65 and 2.85 plus tax.
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Chronicle-Journal
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