City News

Police Board Welcomes New Member

December 15, 2017 - The Thunder Bay Police Services Board Chair Jackie Dojack looks forward to welcoming Celina Reitberger to the Board, following her recent appointment as a representative of the Province of Ontario on the Board. Celina Reitberger replaces Mr. Allan Laakkonen, whose appointment expired earlier this year.

"Ms. Reitberger is a proud member of Fort William First Nation and longtime resident of Thunder Bay," said Jackie Dojack. "After 20 years in private practice as a lawyer, Ms. Reitberger...

Municipal Division Employees Give over $150,000 to United Way

December 13, 2017 - Employees of the City of Thunder Bay, Superior North EMS, and Thunder Bay Public Library proudly pledged $153,362.45 to the United Way today following the close of the Municipal Division's 22nd Annual United Way Employee Campaign. 

At a special wrap-up celebration, cheques were presented to the United Way valued at:

"¢    Thunder Bay Public Library: $3,358.00
"¢    Superior North EMS: $29,181.10
"¢    City of Thunder...

New Process Will Fast Track Emergency Heart Patients in Hospital

December 13, 2017 - The Superior North Emergency Medical Services and the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) have joined forces to implement a process which will see paramedics transmit positive ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) 12-leads to an interventional cardiologist at the TBRHSC which will see the patient by-pass the Emergency Room and go directly to the Cardiac Catheter lab for treatment. 

This new procedure will see paramedics assess their patient and obtain...

St. Patrick's High School Presents City with Crossing Guard Huts

December 12, 2017 - St. Patrick's High School's woodworking class built crossing guard huts and presented them to the City of Thunder Bay today. 

The City approached St. Patrick's High School and Hammarskjold High School with the idea of their students using the skills taught in woodworking classes to build new crossing guard huts for the community. 

"Some of the students who built these huts may have used the crossing guard services during their elementary school days, and now they are helping...

2017 Santa Bus Food Drive - Another Successful Year

December 11, 2017 - Thanks to the generosity of Thunder Bay citizens, the Annual Santa Bus campaign has had yet another successful year, bringing in more than 8,000 pounds of non-perishable food items and almost $2,800 in cash donations for the Thunder Bay Food Bank. 
 
The 23rd Annual Santa Bus campaign was organized by the Transit Services Division and the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 966.

Throughout the 2017 campaign, all Transit buses accepted donations of non-perishable food items....