Thunder Bay – Thursday – Last Day Of July

Tyson Moonias.  Type the name ‘Moonias’ into the Tbnewswatch search window and a lot of names pop up. Looks like a perfectly good bicycle has been added to the trash pile.  I will keep you informed. The Pool 6 encampment has added two chairs.  Where did the chairs come from?  Odd.  What next?  A BBQ?  … Read more

The World – Interstellar Visitor May Be ‘Hostile’ Alien Tech. Also May Not Be ‘Hostile’ Alien Tech.

Here we go again! Controversial paper questions whether interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is ‘possibly hostile’ alien tech in disguise Interstellar comet ‘Oumuamua floats in space. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Olmsted and F. Summers (STScI)) The newly discovered interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could be a piece of “possibly hostile” extraterrestrial technology in disguise, according to controversial research from a … Read more

Thunder Bay – Wednesday

Another smokey morning. Orange sun and sky.  The camera just does not capture the colour of the sun properly.   If I worked on it, I could come up with a HDR composite photo but that will involve me getting out and about earlier and that ain’t going to happen.  Not until later on in the … Read more

Thunder Bay – Tuesday

Lots of smoke today Orange sun gives smokey sky away Place yourself in the right spot and you can have some fun This light is really solar powered Your morning sky photo A bathouse has been erected at the Pool 6 pond. Tent still up at Pool 6.  I guess everywhere is OK for camping.  … Read more

Thunder Bay – Monday

When is something too far away?  Not as far as you might think. Great Blue Heron catching some breakfast. I guess animals do not follow humans’ 3 meals a day eating schedule…or do they?   When you are a forager, as humans once were, you eat when there is stuff to eat.  The next meal is … Read more

Thunder Bay – Sunday

Blue Jay Adult Blur Jays molt every summer.  You will see bald Blue Jays flying around. This guy is somewhere in between. Not sure which we he/she/? is going. Once I saw a Cardinal with a bald head.  I had no idea what the hell it was.  Nature is strange. Bustkerfest continues today Flowers still … Read more

Thunder Bay – Saturday

Lots of McDonalds trash laying around.  Even in places that are nowhere near one of those restaurants.  Maybe restaurants should be responsible for picking up their customer’s trash no matter where it is? I believe this to be a target used in areal photography. I could be wrong. Duck. Female Mallard? Morning sky photo Quite … Read more

Thunder Bay – Friday

Gift wrapped dog shit.  Its nice that the person picked up the dog shit.  Too bad that the person did not follow that up by depositing the bagged dog shit into a trash can. Art photo Another art photo Fun and games at the Pool 6 pond Morning sky photo I have noticed that the … Read more

Canada – Thunder Bay – Violent Crime Capital Of Canada 2025

Thunder Bay tops violent crime chart in 2024 Thunder Bay, on a per-capita basis, was the most violent city in Canada in 2024, according to a report released earlier this week by Statistics Canada. The city posted a 206.31 violent crime severity index rate, more than double the national average of 99.87, in 2024, topping … Read more