City News

Flag Raising at City Hall for Louis Riel Day

In a ceremony today, Mayor Ken Boshcoff and the Regional President of the Métis Nation of Ontario, Wendy Houston, raised the Métis flag at City Hall in honour of Louis Riel Day. The flag’s infinity symbol represents the immortality of the Métis Nation, and the centre of the symbol, on its blue field, indicates the joining of two cultures.

“Louis Riel played a vital role in Canadian history,” said Mayor Boshcoff. “Today we honour his memory, and acknowledge his positive legacy, while building on it...

City of Thunder Bay Beautifies Signal Boxes with Art Wraps

Artwork by six local artists is now helping to beautify twelve intersections across the city. Each artist’s design is displayed in two locations as graphic vinyl wraps on traffic signal boxes located at intersections in high-pedestrian-traffic areas along the City’s image routes. The artists were selected through an open Call to Artists by the City of Thunder Bay’s Public Art Program.

Artists and locations of their artwork include:

• Ryan Newman’s “Makwa (Bear) and Floral”  – Oliver Road at Sanders...

12th Annual Mayor’s Community Safety Awards Presented

Two individuals and four community projects received recognition tonight during the 12th Annual Mayor’s Community Safety Awards for their outstanding work in the community.

“Congratulations to our award winners, and thank you for all you do in and for our community,” said Acting Mayor Albert Aiello. “Through these awards, City Council is proud to recognize and highlight the impact you are making in our city.”

The award recipients were featured in a video played at the award ceremony, highlighting...

Winter Priority Route & Calendar Parking Restrictions Come into Effect

With 10 - 15cm of snow forecasted to fall overnight, the City of Thunder Bay will be implementing annual calendar parking and priority route restrictions beginning Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022 at 9 am.

The City of Thunder Bay implements calendar parking and priority route restrictions during the winter months to allow for snow plows to clear local streets more effectively. Calendar parking ensures that when the plow arrives, at least one side of the street is clear of parked cars and the plow can clear...

Delaney Arena Reopens Tomorrow, Following Repairs

After closing last Thursday due to a failure of the in-slab ice cooling system, Delaney Arena will reopen tomorrow, Nov. 15, following a successful interim repair.

“Without prompt action by Arena staff last week when they detected the problem, more ice time would have been lost,” said City Manager Norm Gale. “I’m pleased, on behalf of all ice-time users, that Delaney Arena will be back to normal so quickly.”

Over the weekend the problem with the in-slab cooling system was isolated and addressed....