Port Arthur Rotary backs new waterfront art gallery
The Port Arthur and Fort William Rotary Clubs each donated 100000 to the Thunder Bay Art Gallery waterfront project, a centennial effort aimed at education inclusion and economic development. Construction continues toward a 2026 opening with 47.5 million of 55 million total funding secured and a new 5 million capital campaign underway.
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Fort William
Port Arthur
Matthew Hills
Art
Waterfront
Fort William Rotary Club
Glenn Craig
Port Arthur Rotary Club
Matthew Villella
Shelley Crawford
Thunder Bay Art Gallery
Police and First Nations urge repair after Ontario shooting
Shiboyama First Nations chiefs in Ontario demand an independent review of the Kenora June shooting of Bruce Frogg, a Wawakapewin elder and residential school survivor, calling SIU results insufficient and urging reforms and healing supports. Ontario MPP Sol Mamakwa labels the incident shocking and hurtful, stressing root causes and human dignity.
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Ontario
Shiboyama
OPP
Mamakwa
Frogg
Ralph Rowe
Manitoba
North
Law Enforcement Complaints Agency
Inspector General of Policing
Matthew Angees
SIU
Angees
Indigenous camps spark interest in electricity careers in Canada
Electricity Human Resources Canada notes the sector faces HR challenges and retirements well above the national average. The group funds hands on science camps in Indigenous communities to attract youth to electricity careers, with Fort William First Nation hosting Aug 19 23. Applicants contact Mary Charlie at fwfn.com for details.
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Electricity Human Resources Canada
EHRC
Backgrounder
Fort William First Nation
Natural Resources Canada
Fort William
Vendors and volunteers invited for Nipigon market day
The Edge Arts Studio hosts a farmers markets on July 13 from 10 am to 1 pm in Nipigon. Eight to sixteen vendors plus volunteers are welcome. Tables cost 10 dollars. contact Edge Arts at 807-889-2108 or edgeartsnipigon.net to participate.
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Edge Arts
Nipigon
Bernadette Langthorne
Legion Branch 32
Langthorne
Edgearts
Nipigon.net
Thunder Bay trains in focus as Unifor pushes federal funding
Unifor officials say Ottawa must fund its share to build replacement subway cars, with Lana Payne backing a plan to assemble final cars in Thunder Bay if contracts steer work there. She urges fast action, Ontario and federal content rules, and a national industrial strategy to grow Canadian-made train production.
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Federal
Gov’t
Unifor
Roberts
National Unifor
Lana Payne
Thunder Bay
Ontario
Payne
Ford
Province of
Toronto
TTC
Thunder Bay man charged after security guard stabbed
A 33 year old Thunder Bay resident Patrick Simon Raymond Wood was charged with assault with a weapon uttering threats and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose after a security guard was stabbed in the 200 block of Amelia Street around 2 am Wednesday police say the guard was treated at hospital and is not in life threating condition Wood appeared in court and remains in custody with a future date. Two others were hospitalized after a motorcycle car crash near Arthur Street and Mountdale Avenue with unknown injuries as of Thursday. The Teddy Bears Picnic returns to Vickers Park on July 9 with free admission and activities including storytime and face painting.
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Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay City
Amelia Street
Patrick Simon Raymond Wood
Arthur Street
Mountdale Avenue
Vickers Park
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