• How many calories in a fast food treat? Most people under guess the real total

    Calorie Counters Miss Target on Fast Food

    THUNDER BAY – Health – Making healthy choices is important. Fast food, fried food and snacks are a popular treat for lots of North Americans. Based on the lineups at popular fast food restaurants, the high fat, high sodium concerns are waved away by many people. One concern in the fast food industry is having [...]

     
  • PARO Centre offers resources for women and youth. Supported by Trillium Foundation

    PARO Centre Ramps Up with Trillium Support

    THUNDER BAY – Business – Women across the North continue to have support from programming designed to enhance entrepreneurial skills and increase business success and growth. Today, local MPP Bill Mauro and Lesley Bell, a volunteer with the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) were visiting the PARO Presents Gift Shop on May Street, they formally congratulated [...]

     
  • Lakehead Junior Wolves win in Dream Season

    Junior Wolves Undefeated Dream Season

    THUNDER BAY - The Grade 11/12 U18 Junior Wolves Girls Basketball Team completed their dream season undefeated winning the 2013 Spring Minneapolis Youth Amateur Sport (MYAS) Championship in Minneapolis this past weekend. This is the first MYAS Championship for the Jr Wolves Program as each player earned rings that will be presented at a WNBA game [...]

     
  • A Bushman community in southern Botswana is facing imminent eviction from their land for a 'wildlife corridor'.
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    Bushmen Forced Out Seek Help

    LONDON – An imminent eviction of several hundred Bushmen in southern Botswana is reportedly underway to make way for a ‘wildlife corridor’.  The Bushman community at Ranyane has allegedly been told by the local government that trucks will arrive on Monday to remove them from land they have inhabited for generations. Their houses will be destroyed.  The [...]

     
  • Sudbury Police image supplied by RCMP

    Sudbury Police Arrest Local Man

    SUDBURY – Police in Sudbury have a Thunder Bay man in custody. Sudbury Police advise that “Shortly after 11 pm on Wednesday May 22nd, officers stopped to speak to two suspicious persons concealing themselves in a doorway on Elm Street at an address where they did not reside. When identified, it was learned that one [...]

     
  • BDC Perspective – Low-cost marketing know-how

    BDC Perspective – Low-cost marketing know-how

    THUNDER BAY – Business - If you think marketing always involves costly advertising, you’ll be relieved to know there are low-cost alternatives. “Getting your message to potential customers can be done in a way that suits any budget”, says Madora Moshonsky, Associate Account Manager, BDC. Marketing to existing clients is one option to consider carefully. It’s [...]

     
  • Thunder Bay Police responded to an alleged assault on Victoria Ave East (Supplied image)

    Police respond to assault call

    THUNDER BAY – Police responded quickly to a call on an alleged assault on Victoria Avenue East. According to sources, a caucasian male was assaulted by another individual. The incident happened just after 18:30EDT.  The downtown south core has had a number of vicious assaults in recent days. The assaults have seemingly ramped up since [...]

     
  • Police Seek Public Assistance in Assault

    Police Seek Public Assistance in Assault

    THUNDER BAY – Crime – Thunder Bay Police are looking for the public to assistance with more information about an assault that occurred on May 20th, 2013. TBPS report, a female was walking along the railway near the 700 block of South Syndicate Ave in the vicinity if the Jack Knife Bridge when she was approached [...]

     
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  • Happy Birthday Hammarskjold! Students and the Alumni celebrated with cake.

    Happy Birthday Hammarskjold!

    THUNDER BAY – Happy Birthday Hammarskjold! It was Hammarskjold’s 50th birthday yesterday. This year there are a lot of special events planned to recognize this special anniversary. At the school yesterday, there was a barbecue to mark the birthday. Hammarskjold Reunion The Reunion Committee has a website set up for former students, and staff to [...]

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  • Tubetime, TV Guide and Remote. By adding the Connector, the app becomes a universal remote. (CNW Group/Tubetime)

    Smart Devices Replace Traditional Television

    THUNDER BAY – Are you spending more time watching video on your smart phone? You are not alone. Millions of people are using their smart devices to view increasing amounts of video. Smart devices are increasing replacing or enhancing traditional television. Tubetime has announced the launch of the Android version of its all-in-one TV app, [...]

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  • Enter the Den Business Competition

    Enter the Den Business Competition

    THUNDER BAY – Enter the Den is a business competition hosted in Thunder Bay with the students competing to present a business plan to a den of ‘friendly dragons’. Thunder Bay High School Students participate in Enter the Den sponsored by Thunder Bay Ventures and a host of local sponsors. The students prepare a business [...]

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  • A Walk for Unity

    A Walk for Unity – Regina to Ottawa

    THUNDER BAY – A Walk for Unity has travelled from Regina to Thunder Bay on their way to Ottawa. The Walkers are planning to arrive in Ottawa on June 21st for National Aboriginal Day.  The Walkers are headed to Ottawa to send a message to the government and to Prime Minister Stephen Harper that it [...]

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  • Forest Products Association Steps Up

    Forest Products Association Steps Up

    OTTAWA – Op-ED - As the President and CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), on behalf of the companies who signed the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA), we regret that environmental groups have suspended negotiations in northwest Ontario and Quebec but we are pleased that they remain committed to continuing the hard work [...]

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