Thunder Bay mulls designated truck route bylaw
City staff will reintroduce a bylaw to divert trucks from Dawson Road and Arthur Street West to Highway 11/17, aiming to reduce fatal and injury crashes. The plan preserves local deliveries while shifting long distance traffic to the safer corridor, drawing opposition from Conmee Gilies OConnor and rural groups citing impacts on nearby towns. Council to review on Monday, with final decision June 23.
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Thunder Bay City
Dawson Road
Arthur Street
Kayla Dixon
Council
Thur Street
Dixon
Conmee
Gillies
O’connor
Lakehead
Kakabeka Falls
Oliver Paipoonge
Conmee Council
Shabaqua
Pennock Village seniors housing project breaks ground
About 100 people attended Saturday’s ground breaking for Pennock Village a seniors housing project outside Rosslyn. A non profit will oversee 20 units in duplexes or townhouses on a 28 acre Highway 130 site as roads begin construction with future residents named alongside local officials and project leads.
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Rosslyn
Pennock Village
Highway 130
Marcus Pawlowski
Thunder Bay
Rainy River
Chris and
Audrey Grootenboer
James Collie
Oliver Paipoonge
Lucy Kloosterhuis
Library appoints Indigenous relations advisor in Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay Public Library appoints Stephanie MacLaurin as senior advisor for Indigenous relations to drive the reconciliation action plan. She will build ties with Indigenous organizations and manage programs that bring Indigenous knowledge to patrons while fostering dialogue with Indigenous and non Indigenous communities.
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Public Library
Thunder Bay
Stephanie MacLaurin
Indigenous Advisory Council
MacLaurin
Richard Togman
Stephanie
Togman
Canada weighs response as tariffs loom for steel and aluminum
Industry leaders urge quick action while ministers flag caution. Mélanie Joly notes consultations with ten sector CEOs and says a firm counter is not immediate. Labour leader Bea Bruske calls for surtaxes and EI reforms. MPs warn of thousands of jobs at stake as Ontario steel towns brace for impact.
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Johnson
Aluminum Association
Mélanie Joly
Steel and
Aluminum Sector
NDP
Don Davies
Carney
Canadian Labour Congress
Bea Bruske
U.S
Canada
United States
Ontario
Lisa Hepfner
Hamilton
Terry Sheehan
Sault Ste. Marie
Algoma Steel
Sheehan
Pierre Poilierre
Trump
Melissa Lantsman
Parlia
Snowmobile driver charged with impaired after winter crash
A 22 year old Red Rock resident Mackenzie Fowler was charged with impaired driving and blood alcohol above 80 mg after a snowmobile crash into a hydro line in Lyon Township near Sprucewod Road. Paramedics called police around 10 p.m. Feb 5. injuries not life threatening. blood test confirmed alcohol. Fowler to appear in Nipigon court.
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Red Rock
Lyon Township
Sprucewod Road
Nipigon’s
Ontario
Centre of Forensic Sciences
Mackenzie Fowler
Fowler
Nipigon
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