City posted $5M deficit in 2022 The City of Thunder Bay will need to dip into its reserve funds after posting a higher-than-anticipated $5-million deficit in 2022 in tax-supported operations, as well as $1.2 million in COVID-related losses. In what has become a familiar refrain in recent years, city staff reported that deficit was mostly … Read more
The pile of trash is increasing. Trash attracts more trash. The boycott does not seem to have taken root here. On the other hand, I have not seen any Bud Light cans laying around ssooo maybe????? Trash in context. The mistake on the lake. Not much going on. I wonder if we are seeing some … Read more
Another sunny day. Cool but sunny. Sun means shadows. Trash in context Not a lot of birds around this morning other than geese, crows and gulls. I’m going to go with song sparrow for this one. An unfinished bottle of Brisk. Why di d the person not empty the bottle? There might be half the … Read more
Came across this bottle left in Wilson Street Park. There were two bottles. There are trash cans close by. Why? Root beer cans are a rarity in the north core. If the can is a soft drink can then its usually Pepsi. I like to take photos of the clouds but there needs to be … Read more
Thunder Bay clinic announces membership program for patients The Fort W Medical Clinic is a private clinic which receives no funding from OHIP A Thunder Bay medical clinic that’s not funded by OHIP has introduced a membership program for its clients who see nurse practitioners. The nurse practitioners at the Fort W Medical Clinic on Victoria Avenue East provide … Read more
Ford government passes private surgical clinics bill EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared on The Trillium, a new Village Media website devoted to covering provincial politics at Queen’s Park. Ontario has passed legislation to enable the expansion of surgeries performed in private clinics. Bill 60, the Your Health Act, passed over the objections of opposition MPPs, … Read more
Trash in context. Looks like the people finished their drinks here. Sooo, since this is Thunder Bay, the trash was left in the exact spot where the product was no longer of any use. Placing it in a trash was never considered an option. Concrete curbing installed last fall on Court Street. I see this … Read more
Trash in context Grain car photo ops have returned Pretty sure that this is not the first time this has happened to this catch basin. This section of Water Street, between Cumberland and Bay Street intersections, has more patches than any other street in the city. It seems that every year, work crews are digging … Read more
The water was almost completely still. Mirror like. Tree swallow Mistake on the lake today. Progress is very slow. No rush I guess. Noticed this at the Pool 6 site. A concrete pad. Taken this photo many times before when there are reflections and the light is good. A pair of goldeneyes were swimming around. … Read more
Plastic water bottle photo Female common merganser Male mallard I think that this public art piece’s days are numbered. Now that construction has begun on the site again, these remnants of Pool 6 will be removed. I wonder if the Lakehead Transportation Museum family have made up yet. Popular sunning for pigeons. Why they … Read more