More work would squash job-loss fears at Alstom The balance between obtaining contracts, retaining employees, and getting government funding continues to cause concerns about the Thunder Bay Alstom plant. The company has 500 people working on two contracts, which involve refurbishing GO Transit bi-level cars and manufacturing the Toronto Transit Commission’s light-rail vehicle streetcars. These … Read more
I think we have something this morning. Things are looking good. Intense. No filters applied in post. It was this colour Ooooo Then the colours changed as the sun got closer to the horizon. I shifted location in order to have the sun rise behind those ships. …and then the sun cleared the horizon … Read more
Hard to believe this. Imagine if your entire town was wiped off the face of the earth. To make things even worse is that FEMA in the US is short on cash. Feds say there’s no money left to respond to hurricanes — after FEMA spent $1.4B on migrants Worth watch.
Grassy Narrows on the cusp of a housing boom Chief Rudy Turtle disclosed on YouTube recently that his First Nation northeast of Kenora has secured a federal commitment for scores of new housing units in the next few years. A meeting last month with Indigenous Services Canada produced a $24-million pledge to fund 50 new … Read more
Two charged with arson in Cat Lake First Nation fire Nishnawbe Aski Police Service have arrested two people in connection with a suspected July 2024 arson that tore through about $500,000 worth of construction materials. Police said the fire occurred on July 14 in the 100 block of Back Road, and upon arrival at the … Read more
trash in context Another clear morning with a cloud bank along the horizon. I wonder if that cloud bank is fog on the surface of the lake. Put my neutral density filter on to try and capture the mist moving along the water surface, Blur the mist and make it look interesting. Sort of mystical. … Read more
The Water and Pearl Street intersection is pitch dark lit up only by the traffic lights. Compare that withe the Cumberland and Pearl Street intersection a block to the west. Clear sky morning Nice reflections Familiar sight. Not a lot of things to photograph at sunrise. Its the same view every day. Took my fisheye … Read more
One question: Why not fix the leak, you know patch it, and then tow the tug to the Lakehead Transportation Museum site? Its a boat after all. A couple of large cranes lift it into the water and out of the water. We have those cranes locally. That can’t cost as much as the … Read more
First Nations take a stand against nuclear waste in the North Pays Plat First Nation member Sharlene Bourdeau Waboose was clear about her reason for participating in Wednesday’s rally at Waverley Park. “Because Pays Plat is against the burial of nuclear waste in the North,” she said just before the rally got underway. Leaders “have … Read more
Overcast morning. Not expecting much of a sunrise today. Probably won’t even see the sun. There was some colour along the horizon IF I used a longer exposure. If you were looking at the scene with just your eyes, it would not look anything like this. The sun is back there aomewhere. Are we going … Read more