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City recommends three designated encampment sites

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Peak Thunder Bay brilliance! After years of tie votes, surveys, delays, and 'overwhelming feedback,' we're blowing hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on fences, screens, and pallets to officially turn three parks into tent resorts.Remember when a councillor suggested planting pollinator gardens with bees and thorny bushes to gently discourage camping? We laughed that off... but now we're funding the deluxe version with city cash.Taxpayers, you're not just bankrolling the circus... you're the VIP suckers paying premium prices for managed chaos while bridges get delayed and real solutions collect dust.At this rate we'll need a $1 million consultant report next year titled 'Why the Tents Multiplied Anyway.' Keep those taxes flowing, heroes. The bees are busy, but the encampments are thriving.

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GoFundMe page created for boy rescued from Widnall Pool

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If the Facebook posts and reports are true, I really hope those kids get charged for attempted murder.

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Hajdu maintains seat at Liberal cabinet table

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Will do anything to keep her $300K/year salary for as long as possible!

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Teen faces attempted murder charge in Northwood shooting

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Cases like this are exactly why many people have lost confidence in the Youth Criminal Justice Act. When someone young is facing charges as serious as attempted murder, it raises a bigger question than sympathy alone. A justice system still needs real accountability and deterrence, or it stops protecting both the public and the youth themselves. Reform is overdue.

Thunder Bay woman 'waiting and watching' for Hurricane Milton

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How did TBNews know she moved there? Does a friend/family work at the station thought this would be newsworthy?

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After 100 years in the elements, carousel will get a roof this fall

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Move it to the marina so it can be enjoyed by everyone year round.

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Slippery slope: Why cities, towns should probe tobogganing hills

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@ssmmbb, Perfect! Next up: outlaw fresh air, running, and laughing. Those dopamine hits from real fun are dangerously unregulated. Screen time is the only safe addiction left.

Seniors housing project proposed for former Municipal Golf Course

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@Taxesupagain, Well said. The FOI documents confirmed this.Bruno’s/Di Gregorio proposal, a 14-unit vacation resort with a couple of executive par-3 holes and a putting green, tied to their ownership of a nearby golf course, won on subjective scoring for ‘tourism benefits’ and ‘economic spin-offs.’ It beat out Doug Treichler’s plan to keep the course operating as a public golf course, plus higher cash offers (Wilco at $800,000 and others willing to pay more than the $650k appraised price).The appraiser had even warned that the resort component was likely a money-loser and that the highest and best use was continued golf operations. Yet council/staff picked the resort vision in a closed session without putting strong, enforceable timelines or performance guarantees in the purchase agreement.Taxpayers got neither the promised tourism boost nor maximum value for public land. Seniors housing may be needed now, but this history explains the ongoing skepticism.

Indoor turf contract to be awarded

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Whoever gets the contract you know once construction begins it'll be followed by overrun costs and go way over budget.

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'That’s unacceptable': Discarded pickerel raises concern

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This happened over a week ago but glad to see it's being reported on the news.

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Ford government cancels Starlink deal, refuses to disclose cost to taxpayers

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I wouldn't be surprised if this all ends with Rogers getting the contract and just reselling Starlink under the hood.

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Thunder Bay woman 'waiting and watching' for Hurricane Milton

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Thunder Bay woman moves to Florida during hurricane season to live with her fiancé.

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The fate of the James Whalen is put on hold

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Which person/business is getting $5K a month of our taxes to store it at that location?

'Outrageous speeds': Police stop four speeders in 40 mins

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Maybe they should leave earlier for work?

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Changes coming to Thunder Bay Airport parking lot

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Parkade please! How nice it would be during the winter to have your vehicle protected from all the snow while you're away.

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Brewery doors may stay open

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Taxpayer money helped support this expansion in 2022 ($100K FedNor grant), so it’s fair for the public to ask what happens to that investment if the business changes hands. Hopefully there’s transparency around how those funds were used and whether the community still sees the intended benefits.

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Chippewa Park carousel enclosure project could be in jeopardy

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100%! Build a permanent structure to be used year round at the waterfront, you’d have a lot more people enjoying it there than at Chippewa.

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'We're diving head-in' to County Fair library, CEO says

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Does the owner of the mall, Goldmanco, have any desire to fix the mall and attract new businesses or just let it fall to pieces?

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Thunder Bay Airport hourly parking fee going up by 50 per cent

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@Johnathan Simkins, 100%I parked at Pearson one time for slightly over 20 minutes and it costed me $14.

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Homeless village draws mixed reaction at at-large town hall

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Hopefully they can follow Peterborough's transitional housing program. Lots of rules/regulations, have to agree to a care plan, plus their charged rent.

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