City News

Sixth Annual Award Presented to respect. Champion

March 21, 2018 - The 2018 respect. Award was presented to local hip hop artist and mentor Benjamin Murray at Diversity Thunder Bay's 12th Annual Celebration Breakfast for the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

"The respect. Award is an annual award that recognizes an individual, business or organization that promotes the attitudes, beliefs and behaviours that recognize the importance of human dignity, and demonstrates leadership to foster respect for others,"...

City and Business for the Arts Celebrate Conclusion of artsVest Program

March 20, 2018 - The City of Thunder Bay's Cultural Development & Events section celebrated the successful conclusion of the artsVest program, alongside Business for the Arts, at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium yesterday.

"The collaboration allowed us to support local organizations to increase their capacity to secure sponsorships through a mixture of mentorship, training and an investment matching program," said Ash Young, Cultural Development & Events Supervisor for the City of Thunder...

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...