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 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
We have sunshine today. Looks like its going to be a nice day. Discarded water bottle photo Ice shines like diamonds No rush to build the “mistake on the lake”. I am not seeing much action. Lesser Scaups? Someone lost their glasses Work continues at the Pool 6 site. Think about this…Once Science North finishes … Read more
Yet another overcast, drizzly crappy day. I am getting fed up with it. Someone left this for the birds? Another piece of public art? Its a very powerful representation of the city’s slow decent into madness. I hope this will find its way into the new art gallery when/if it ever gets built. Priceless. A … Read more
another crappy day. with the drizzle and the wind, opportunities are scarce. I suspect that these are handed out for free to people by some organization. The stuff is expensive and has a lot of sugar in it. Another public art piece? It speaks to me. A borg ship is anchored in the harbour. The … Read more
Trash in context. Water bottle photo. Some day, it will be sunny and warm. No wind. That day is not today. All the colour in the sky was in that corner of the bay. Somebody is getting some sun. Trash in context. Another water bottle photo. There are a lot of discarded water bottles around … Read more
Looks like a portion of the asphalt placed on Court Street last fall is going to be removed. Only a single layer of asphalt was placed as the temps were getting too cold to pave. This area had severe potholing this spring. Another area that is going to be removed. Cutting concrete. Why the City … Read more