Thunder Bay news

• 'Intense' flu season hits Canadian kids hard, landing more in hospital

  05-12-2022 23:10 via cbc.ca
  Flu infections are raging among children and hospitalizing them across Canada, say pediatricians who are calling for urgent and longer-term solutions.
  
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• Kenora Missing Larry Bird

  05-12-2022 22:13 via netnewsledger.com
  KENORA – The Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are looking to the public to assist in locating a 51-year-old male.
  Larry BIRD is described as an aboriginal male with a medium build approximately 5′ 11″ tall and 200 pounds who was last seen on November 30, 2022.
  Anyone with information about the missing male is asked to call the Kenora OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or 548-5534.
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• Thunder Bay Missing 40-Year-Old Female Located

  05-12-2022 20:57 via netnewsledger.com
  THUNDER BAY – Missing – Thunder Bay Police Service report this missing person has been located.
  The Article Thunder Bay Missing 40-Year-Old Female Located by NetNewsLedger first appeared on NetNewsLedger - News at the Speed of the Internet ©
  
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• MPP Kevin Holland “We are building the largest transit expansion in Canadian history”

  05-12-2022 20:37 via netnewsledger.com
  THUNDER BAY – Thunder Bay-Atikokan MPP Kevin Holland has this statement on the contract for the Ontario Line.
  “We are building the largest transit expansion in Canadian history and, with that, investing in good home-grown jobs.
  “The fact is, no government has ordered more Canadian made vehicles than this one. In the last three years alone, our government has invested close to $500 million to support Thunder Bay workers at the Alstom plant.
  “The Ontario Line will be b
  
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• TBPS Report Six Impaired Charges as Festive RIDE Program

  05-12-2022 20:23 via netnewsledger.com
  THUNDER BAY – Thunder Bay Police report we are only one weekend into this year’s Festive RIDE season and so far it’s been a season of disappointment.
  The official start date to this year’s Festive RIDE was Friday, December 2nd. Between that date and Sunday, December 4th, six individuals were charged for impaired driving. The arrests came as a result of both direct Festive RIDE activities and general traffic enforcement by the TBPS’s Primary Response Units.
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• UPDATE #1 – NIPIGON OPP INVESTIGATING FATAL COLLISION

  05-12-2022 19:32 via netnewsledger.com
  Identity of Deceased Released
  NIPIGON – News – OPP have updated on the fatal MVC on Highway 17.
  OPP report the on November 29, 2022, at approximately 2:51 p.m., members of the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment, Nipigon Fire, and Superior Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a report of a serious two-vehicle collision on Highway 17 approximately 25 kilometers east of Nipigon. The collision involved a passenger motor vehicle and a commercial motor vehicle (CMV
  
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• New nature reserve being established south of Thunder Bay - Tbnewswatch.com

  05-12-2022 18:15
  New nature reserve being established south of Thunder Bay  Tbnewswatch.com
  
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• Assembly of First Nations chiefs to vote on $20B child welfare deal

  05-12-2022 17:49 via cbc.ca
  Assembly of First Nations chiefs are expected to hold votes this week that could affect the fates of tens of thousands of people waiting on a $20 billion child welfare settlement agreement reached with the federal government.
  
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• COVID-19 Outbreak Declared Over at Chartwell Thunder Bay ... - Thunder Bay District Health Unit

  05-12-2022 17:42
  COVID-19 Outbreak Declared Over at Chartwell Thunder Bay ...  Thunder Bay District Health Unit
  
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• Many of Thunder Bay’s homeless residents come from out of town. Here’s why - TVO Today

  05-12-2022 17:27
  Many of Thunder Bay’s homeless residents come from out of town. Here’s why  TVO Today
  
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• OPP INVESTIGATES FATAL COLLISION ON HIGHWAY 17 Deceased Passenger Identified

  05-12-2022 16:11 via netnewsledger.com
  Deceased Passenger Identified
  WAWA, ON – The Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has identified the victim of a fatal motor vehicle collision last week as 33-year-old Christian CASAVANT of Wawa.
  On November 29, 2022 at approximately 5:47 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the OPP responded to a serious two-vehicle collision near the intersection of Highway 17 and Highway 519, approximately 40 kilometres north of Wawa.
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• Thunder Bay Alstom plant workforce at all-time low after missing out on light-rail contract - Northern Ontario Business

  05-12-2022 15:00
  Thunder Bay Alstom plant workforce at all-time low after missing out on light-rail contract  Northern Ontario Business
  
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• Ontario CUPE school staff vote to ratify contract with government

  05-12-2022 12:58 via cbc.ca
  Ontario education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees have voted to ratify a contract with the government. Laura Walton, president of CUPE's Ontario School Board Council of Unions, says about 73 per cent of those who voted were in favour.
  
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• Indigenous-led program unites families, diverts kids from child welfare system in 98% of cases

  05-12-2022 12:00 via cbc.ca
  In 98 per cent of cases, an Indigenous-run program in Manitoba either reunified children with families who love them, or prevented a child from entering the child welfare system in the first place.
  
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• Stop-arm cameras on Thunder Bay school buses 'not feasible at this time': city report - CBC.ca

  05-12-2022 11:00
  Stop-arm cameras on Thunder Bay school buses 'not feasible at this time': city report  CBC.ca
  
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• Stop-arm cameras on Thunder Bay school buses 'not feasible at this time': city report

  05-12-2022 11:00 via cbc.ca
  The manager of Thunder Bay's student transportation service says city administration's recommendation that council hold off on approving stop-arm cameras on school buses is disappointing.
  
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• Culture over cocktails: Why three northern Ontario women are organizing a round dance to ring in the New Year

  05-12-2022 11:00 via cbc.ca
  Three women are hosting a round dance on Fort William First Nation on New Years Eve to give the community an alternative to New Year Eve plans that often revolve around substance use.
  
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• Writing Santa this year? Canada Post says to mail it by Friday

  05-12-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  While you might be rushing around preparing for a busy holiday season, one group of students in Windsor, Ont., has been busy writing the big guy in red — just in time to hear back. 
  
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• Family says Amazon shipped fake product, refuses refund until 'correct' item returned

  05-12-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  A Calgary man thought it'd be a nice present for his son — ordering computer parts on Amazon so his newly minted high school grad could build his own PC. But when the $690 graphics card arrived, it turned out to be a fake. That was the start of a five-month headache.
  
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• Thunder Bay Alstom plant workforce at all-time low after missing out ... - Northern Ontario Business

  05-12-2022 09:00
  Thunder Bay Alstom plant workforce at all-time low after missing out ...  Northern Ontario Business
  
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• Stop-arm cameras on Thunder Bay school buses 'not feasible at this ... - CBC.ca

  05-12-2022 09:00
  Stop-arm cameras on Thunder Bay school buses 'not feasible at this ...  CBC.ca
  
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• Meet the Thunder Bay cheesemonger making 'artisanal food accessible to everyone'

  05-12-2022 06:00 via cbc.ca
  With holiday parties back in full force, it's a particularly busy time of the year for The Cheese Encounter, a cheese shop in Thunder Bay. Owner Matt Wilkins chatted with Up North host Jonathan Pinto for this week's edition of Northern Nosh.
  
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