City News

Share Your Views on Supervised Consumption Services

March 15, 2018 - To help reduce drug overdoses, improve health and lower the amount of healthcare resources used in Thunder Bay, Elevate NWO in partnership with Joseph Esquega Health Centre and Anishnawbe Mushkiki, and NorWest Community Health Centres in partnership with Dilico Anishinabek Family Care are planning to add small-scale integrated supervised consumption services to their existing services for people who use drugs.

In February 2017, the Ontario Integrated Supervised Injection Services...

City of Thunder Bay's Festivals and Events Services Recognized Provincially

March 12, 2018 - The City of Thunder Bay's Events and Event Services have been recognized as some of the best in Ontario. Festivals & Events Ontario (FEO) has presented the City with three awards based on activities undertaken in 2017:

Municipality of the Year 
(population 50,000-150,000)
The Award recognizes municipalities, towns or cities and markets who have worked, through concentrated efforts, to provide an atmosphere beneficial to successful festivals and events.      

Best...

Outdoor Skating Rinks Closing for the Season

March 9, 2018 - Due to warmer weather conditions, many outdoor rink sites have closed for the season. Crews will attempt to maintain as many ice surfaces as possible to keep them in service through the March break. 

Updates related to rink closures are available at thunderbay.ca/rinks 

As of Monday, March 12, the change room facilities at the supervised rink sites will be open from 9 am - 4 pm. On Saturday, March 17, all rinks will be closed for the season.

"Parks staff did a great job building...

Thunder Bay and Duluth Holding a Sister Cities Chef Swap

March 9, 2018 - As part of Thunder Bay's Sister Cities relationship with Duluth, the two cities will be holding a chef swap. This means that a chef from each city will be trading restaurants for two special dining events.

On Monday, March 12, Lake Avenue Restaurant and Bar's chef will be at Red Lion Smokehouse in Thunder Bay.

On Monday, April 23, Red Lion Smokehouse's chef will be at Lake Avenue Restaurant in Duluth.

"The Sister Cities program is about making partnerships and relationships that focus...

Change Your Batteries When You Change Your Clock

March 8, 2018 -Thunder Bay Fire Rescue reminds the community to change the batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms when they change their clocks this weekend. 

"Every time change is an opportunity to educate the community about the importance of changing and testing the batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms " said Fire Chief John Hay. "Smoke alarms give you the early detection needed to safely escape a fire and only a carbon monoxide alarm can alert you to the deadly...