Thunder Bay council blocks ratio based tax hike 2025
Thunder Bay council votes 8 5 to keep existing residential tax ratio, rejecting staff’s plan to shift burden to industrial commercial and multi residential properties. If staff plan had passed, the median home tax would rise about $8 more, with a 3.7 per cent rate. The 2024 25 levy rose 4.5 per cent and the tax base grew 7.8 per cent in a decade. Council defers final ratification to a future meeting.
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Thunder Bay
Shelby Ch’ng
Albert Aiello
Trevor Giertaga
Andrew Foulds
Rajni Agarwal
Dominic Pasqualino
Michael Zussino
Kasey Etreni
Couns
Brian Hamilton
Mark Bentz
Kristen Oliver
Greg Johnson
Ken Boshcoff
Pasqualino
Ch’ng
Giertnga
Boshcoff
John Collin
Collin
Officer charged after SIU probe in Sioux Lookout
Ontario Provincial Police Const. Michael Berger faces an assault charge after the SIU found reasonable grounds a 50-year-old man was seriously injured during his Jan 31 2025 arrest in Sioux Lookout. Berger will appear in court late July. allegations are unproven.
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Ontario
Sioux Lookout
Special Investigations Unit
SIU
Michael Berger
OPP
Berger
SIA
Rock thrown at security in Babametoong First Nation
A 14-year-old male in Babametoong First Nation was charged with assault with a weapon after allegedly throwing a rock at a band security member driving an ATV. The security member was treated at a nursing station and the teen was released with a future court date.
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Babametoong First Nation
Nishnawbe Aski
Thunder Bay
ATV
Drugs seized at North Spirit Lake First Nation airport
North Spirit Lake First Nation police seized crack cocaine cocaine and methamphetamine with an estimated street value of nearly 54000 at the community airport last Thursday. A 33 year old woman from the First Nation was charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and possession of methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking and remanded for court.
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North Spirit Lake
North Spirit Lake First Nation
Kenora
Fentanyl common in deaths across Canada provinces
A PHAC report shows fentanyl drives opioid toxicity deaths, with 74 percent involving fentanyl and 70 percent also involving stimulants. Eighty percent of deaths occurred in British Columbia Ontario and Alberta, with Yukon Alberta and Manitoba hardest per capita. In 2024 Canada saw 5514 hospitalizations 36266 ambulance responses and 24587 emergency visits for suspected opioid toxicity, all about 15 percent lower than 2023.
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Ontario
Alberta
Yukon
Manitoba
PHAC
Canada
Copper Kettle Coffee House aims to open July 7 in Thunder Bay
Therin Watson plans the Copper Kettle Coffee House in the Bay and Algoma district replacing Bean Fiend closed in March. He cites copper cooking traditions as core theme and works with local suppliers while tackling kitchen registration limits and possible ventilation upgrades. Hamilton, the Bean Fiend’s owner and councillor, supports the change as a way to better serve the community. Watson joins the Bay and Algoma Business Association as he prepares for a July 7 opening.
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Copper Kettle Coffee House
Bay and
Algoma
Thunder Bay
Therin Watson
Watson
Brian Hamilton
Hamilton
The
Bay and Algoma
Milkweed near railway tracks spur safety and spraying concerns
Ontario officials note milkweed is not provincially protected though monarchs are watched as a species of special concern. Rail safety rules require weed control with herbicides, potentially wiping out monarch habitat near Thunder Bay area tracks, raising questions about responsibility and impact on pollinators.
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CPEC
Terry Cunha
Ontario
Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks
North America
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