Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Thunder Bay City Council has approved a tax rate increase of 2.6 per cent for 2012.
The increase — which was given the nod at Tuesday night’s budget meeting — amounts to an tax increase of $65 for the average residential property, the city said.
The tax rate, like the 2012 municipal budget itself, has yet to be ratified by council. That's scheduled to take place March 5.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Kurtis Heidrick, Mohammed Syed and Jared White combined to score 36 points to lead the Churchill Trojans to a 56-45 victory over the Hammarskjold Vikings to win the Thunder Bay high school senior boys basketball title Tuesday at Lakehead University’s C.J. Sanders Fieldhouse.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The chances of the Lakehead Thunderwolves’ return to the Canadian university hockey nationals are looking good if they can past one more round in the OUA playoffs.
Standing in their way is one of the conference’s hottest teams, the Windsor Lancers.
Monday, February 20, 2012
By Tom Annelin
Haley Irwin hit a milestone that put her in some elusive company among those who have worn the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs maroon and gold.
The Thunder Bay native and senior forward, who serves as team captain at UMD, became just the sixth player in women’s team history to reach the 200-point plateau.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
The Bearskin Airlines Hope Classic is underway at the Fort William Curling Club as teams came for a fun-filled weekend while raising funds for breast cancer research and programs. Skip Cristiene Hall, right, and Helena Gooder sweep the rock into the hack during a match Saturday morning. The charity bonspiel will wrap up today with the announcement of the money raised.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine is honouring the achievements of its staff and everything they have done to further education and research for a healthier Northern Ontario.
On Feb. 9, NOSM handed out the Staff Awards of Excellence. Awards were given in the categories of inspiration, leadership, team effort, innovation and team player.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Thunder Bay Police were kept busy on Saturday morning responding to a stabbing, and a shotgun being fired.
A Thunder Bay woman is facing an aggravated assault charge related to a stabbing at Newfie’s Pub on Victoria Avenue.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
By Doug Diaczuk
Devin Welsh will be playing hockey with the Lakehead University Thunderwolves for a little longer thanks to some last minute heroics by the fifth year senior. The Thunderwolves beat the University of Guelph Gryphons 3-2 to clinch their Ontario university men’s hockey playoff series two games to one Saturday at the Fort William Gardens.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Solar Dance: Genius, Forgery and the Crisis of Truth in the Modern Age
By Modris Eksteins
(Knopf Canada, hardcover) 341 pages inc. notes and index, $35 cover price
By Hubert O’Hearn
Saturday, February 18, 2012
The Dryden Regional Health Centre has been awarded Accreditation with Exemplary Standing by their health care peers.
