Ontario – 2025 Ontario Election Results

This shows you what is wrong with our electoral system.  The Liberals got 50% more votes than the NDP but ended up with just over half of the seats. Why vote?   Chances are your vote is not going to count. We need to move to a Proportional Representation System of electing our representatives provincially and … Read more

Thunder Bay – Friday – Last Day Of February

Tried to take a photo and the flash went off.  Ended up with this. Almost looks like a photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. I took this while taking shelter along side of a building.  There was no way I could take a photo otherwise. It was snowing too hard.

Ontario – Residents Unable To Vote In Several First Nations And Rural Communities.

Residents unable to vote in several First Nations and rural communities Residents of some rural communities in Thunder Bay-Superior North have been frustrated in their efforts to participate in Ontario’s provincial election. Staffing issues at Aroland First Nation, Long Lake 58 First Nation, Caramat, Pays Plat First Nation and Rossport meant there was no local polling … Read more

Thunder Bay – Thursday

Ice lit by streetlight Discarded food item The usual suspect Overcast. Not going to see the sun this morning Trash with a view Water bottle photo   Your morning sky Missing a fat anyone? Fine art photo We have another tent in Waverley Park.  I suspect its the woman who has been living in the … Read more

Thunder Bay – College Suspends New Admissions To Some Programs Due To Foreign Student Cap

College suspends new admissions to some programs due to foreign student cap Confederation College has suspended new admissions to some programs while it continues to work on a strategy for dealing with the federal government’s international student cap. As a direct result of that cap, intake was stopped for six programs for the current winter term, including five programs … Read more

Thunder Bay – Wednesday

  Mostly overcast But there was a strip of colour along the horizon We got some reds Reds Lots of reds Fire in the sky The sun makes its appearance…sort of Your morning sky Drilling continues in Marina Park Hmmm….interesting Not a fan of corn, I guess. The gulls are back Trash in context The … Read more

Thunder Bay – The Mistake-On-The-Lake And Indoor Turf Projects Receive More Tax Dollars

Art gallery and indoor turf projects receive new funding The Community Economic Development Commission has approved $500,000 in funding for the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, and the same amount for the planned multi-use indoor turf facility. In each case, the money will be released over two years from the commission’s Tourism Development Fund, which is supported … Read more

The World – ‘Prebunking’ Disinformation

 You probably think that I make this stuff up. We Must ‘Vaccinate’ Against ‘Virus’ of ‘Disinformation’. Oh yes, yes, yes.  debunk disinformation BEFORE it appears. And , these are the people Mark Carney hangs around with. You will own nothing, be able to say nothing, be able to go nowhere, eat bugs, be required … Read more

Thunder Bay – Tuesday

Overcast, snow flurries, still warm but not as warm as yesterday. Something on the road. An empty bag. The usual suspects Water on top of the ice. I like the look. Nice pattern on the ice I would not walk out there.     Boards around Sailing club building at the end of Pier 1 … Read more

Thunder Bay – Monday

We have running water on the streets. Spring? Whatever season it is, it is the beginning of the most dangerous time to be a Thunder Bay pedestrian.  Ice, water-covered sidewalks, getting splashed by passing traffic..its all bad.  I will walk on the street as much as possible. No sunrise this morning.   Mean looking clouds … Read more