Thunder Bay EMS to adopt open-ended questioning for 911 calls
Superior North EMS will switch to a new dispatch system on Jan 24 enabling open ended questions to gather fuller patient information. The change aims to reduce unnecessary ambulance dispatches and stabilize staffing while focusing resources on the most urgent cases. The service handles about 40 000 calls yearly and staffs roughly 220 paramedics with a need for about 40 more.
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Thunder Bay
Muir
Shumiah
Kakabeka Falls
Superior North Ems
North Ems
Canada
Residents asked for input on Thunder Bay council make up
City residents are invited to complete an online survey as part of a public consultation on Thunder Bay city council composition. The first phase asks how residents engage with council, with a second phase to discuss potential changes to council formation and ward boundaries.
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Thunder Bay City
Rebecca Johnson
City Hall
Thunder Bay
Council
Thunderbay
Underground Gym bus back in service after repairs
The Underground Gym bus returns to transporting children following a December engine failure. Iron Range Bus Lines donated the original vehicle to Peter Panetta and assisted with repairs and ongoing maintenance to support the program and driver training. Panetta now ferrying local youths to city events and exploring school bus certification with lights and stop bar.
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Iron Range Bus Lines
Peter Panetta
Jason Logozzo
Logozzo
Peter
Panetta
Fines Total Over Ten Thousand For Walleye Infractions
A 74-year-old Timmins area man was fined over 10 000 for keeping 37 walleye above the limit near Thunder Bay on July 15. Clinton Catlin was banned from fishing in Ontario for five years after a joint police and conservation officers investigation. A separate case near Nipigon saw Daniel Weck fined 3000 and banned for three years for 10 over the limit, with fish forfeited to the Crown. Suspected wildlife violations can be reported to the MNRF tips line.
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Timmins-area
Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay City
Dawson Road
South Porcupine
Clinton Catlin
Catlin
Sioux Lookout
Ontario
Nipigon
Marengo
Daniel Weck
Beardmore
Weck
Canada
Chicago
Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Tribunal flags Canada failure on Jordan's Principle
The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society accuses Canada of systemic delays in responding to Jordan's Principle requests for health and social services for children. Affidavits to the Human Rights Tribunal cite long backlogs, late reimbursements, and hours to return calls, referencing Jordan River Anderson's case and ongoing government delays.
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Ottawa
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society
Canada
Human Rights Tribunal
Jordan
Jordan River Anderson
Norway House
Manitoba
Anderson
House of Commons
Cindy Blackstock
The
Caring Society
Jordan River
Blackstock
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