Thunder Bay – Wednesday
Nice colour in the morning sky You can see where the sun is going to show up There it is Nice Your morning sky Another reusable shopping bag busy saving the planet
Month: March 2025
Thunder Bay – City Gets Bonus Federal Funding To ‘Encourage’ Housing Development
City gets bonus federal funding to encourage housing development The city will use an additional allocation from the federal government’s Housing Accelerator Fund to enhance its vacant and dilapidated buildings program. Thunder Bay is one of 27 communities to be awarded supplementary funding for having achieved the first-year target for new housing units. The $2 million top-up represents 10 per cent of … Read more
Thunder Bay – Tuesday
Mostly clear sky. Nice moon The usual suspects As usual of late, there is a wall of cloud along the horizon. We will see the sun but not at the horizon. The high clouds may produce some colour later. We have something happening I like that surface covered by the recent snowfall. Did not get … Read more
Thunder Bay – Government Funded Projects – A World Where Final Costs Just Don’t Matter
Thunder Bay Art Gallery opening changed to 2027 If the sign posted at the construction site of the new Thunder Bay Art Gallery – “Opening 2025” – was accurate, the work still left to be done would have be conducted at warp speed. In fact, the sign is badly out-of-date, as the project is now expected to be completed … Read more
Thunder Bay – Monday
No sunrise this morning. Just more snow. If its just going to melt later on today, then what was the point? As you can see, the MV Baie Comeau has left Keefer Terminal and headed to Two Harbours or Two Harbors for you Americans. The Captain Henry Jackman is anchored waiting for the weather to … Read more
Thunder Bay – Sunday
Mostly overcast with a expectation of snow. Hurrah. Some pink did show up. But only in a small section of the sky It went away quickly. The CCGS Samuel Risley arrived in port as well at the first laker of the season. The MV Captain Henry Jackman Trash in context. Plastic is a possible health … Read more
The World – Ice Good. Fire Bad
Ice Good. Fire Bad. Climate Change protests around 15,000 years ago
Thunder Bay – Canadian Citizenship Ceremony Welcomes 60 Newcomers
Canadian Citizenship Ceremony welcomes 60 newcomers 60 new Canadians took their oath in the first citizenship ceremony held in the city in five years. “I’m so glad to have it in person,” said Cathy Woodbeck, executive director of the Thunder Bay Multicultural Association. Since the start of the pandemic, the Canadian Citizenship Ceremony has been … Read more
Thunder Bay – Saturday
Clear sky this morning. Clear skies make for a boring sunrise. The usual suspects Some colour along the horizon Colour is washed out. Not very vibrant. The sun makes its appearance. Once again, colour is not vibrant. Your morning sky Another reusable shopping bag busy saving the planet Trash in context Trash as art Smell … Read more
Thunder Bay – Friday
Another reusable shopping bag busy saving the planet Overcast. Not expecting much but since I walked all the way down here, I will take the usual suspect photos Long bracketed exposures produce deep colours When there is no colour, sometimes black and white brings out the contrast Things did improve and we got some nice … Read more