Conmee Township eyes gradual fire truck upgrade and budget discipline
Mayor Sheila Maxwell said Conmee Township will defer major capital projects to fund a new pumper. The 2025 budget totals 1.7 million with taxes up about 3 percent, funds emergency services and public works, and notes a 2004 pumper bought for 65 000 as a stop gap while a permanent unit may cost more.
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Family Day spotlights history tools at park event
Jean Mayo curator of Oliver Paipoonge Heritage Park poses with the Bill Salonen Cup during Family Day. Kaden Goodwin and Sam Keane of the 2025 champion Fighting Walleye held the SIJHL trophy for photos and signatures. See page A3 for full story.
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Oliver Paipoonge
Bill Salonen Cup
Kaden Goodwin
Sam Keane
Fighting Walleye
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Weather today forecast from Marostica 42 Subaru
A brief weather note credits Marostica 42 Subaru as sponsor. The readable text references today’s weather but provides no specifics on conditions temperatures or timing.
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AV Terrace Bay fined for Environmental Protection Act violations
The idle Terrace Bay pulp mill owner received a fine exceeding 500000 for two Environmental Protection Act violations. Between May 1 and May 28, 2023 the mill failed to control effluent quality, with an acute lethality test showing 100 percent rainbow trout mortality on May 1. The ministry notes this exceeded the approved 50 percent mortality limit and the incident was reported within the required seven days.
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Terrace Bay
Ministry of Environment, Conservation, and Parks
AV Terrace Bay
Judge acquits Justin Coaster in 2022 Thunder Bay murder
In Thunder Bay on Wednesday Justice Bruce Fitzpatrick ruled Justin Coaster not guilty of second degree murder and criminal negligence causing bodily harm in the July 29, 2022 home shooting that killed 37 year old Charlie Finlayson. The decision cited doubts about key witness credibility and possible alternate suspects. Coaster, who was arrested in August 2022, was released after the verdict and embraced family members in the courtroom.
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Bruce Fitzpatrick
Thunder Bay
Justin Coaster
Finlayson
McMillian Street
Coaster
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