ISSUE #86

Good morning,

Welcome to Wednesday. I hope everyone is having a great week!

In today’s issue, we cover:

• Carney picks new cabinet  🇨🇦

• Daily Poll - Believe in our pick? 

• Measles exposure spreads 🦠 

• Man pleads guilty to 2nd degree murder 👮‍♂️

• 2 hours free parking 🅿️

• Forest fire  🔥

• Assault charge

• Things to do this week 🗓️

• House of the day - Rosslyn gem 🏡

- Marcus Luft

Politics

Carney Picks His New Cabinet

Prime Minister Mark Carney has picked his new cabinet. And local representation continues. Patty Hajdu has been selected as Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario.

The full list of Carney’s cabinet:

• Shafqat Ali, President of the Treasury Board

• Rebecca Alty, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations

• Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs

• Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety

• Rebecca Chartrand, Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency

• François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue

• Julie Dabrusin, Minister of Environment and Climate Change

• Sean Fraser, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

• Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Transport and Internal Trade

• Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages

• Mandy Gull-Masty, Minister of Indigenous Services

• Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario

• Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources

• Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions

• Dominic LeBlanc, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy

• Joël Lightbound, Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement

• Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food

• Steven MacKinnon, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons

• David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence

• Jill McKnight, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence

• Lena Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

• Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health

• Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada

• Gregor Robertson, Minister of Housing and Infrastructure and Minister responsible for Pacific Economic Development Canada

• Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade

• Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

• Joanne Thompson, Minister of Fisheries

• Rechie Valdez, Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism)

Making up the ministry are 10 secretaries of state:

• Buckley Belanger, Secretary of State (Rural Development)

• Stephen Fuhr, Secretary of State (Defence Procurement)

• Anna Gainey, Secretary of State (Children and Youth)

• Wayne Long, Secretary of State (Canada Revenue Agency and Financial Institutions)

• Stephanie McLean, Secretary of State (Seniors)

• Nathalie Provost, Secretary of State (Nature)

• Ruby Sahota, Secretary of State (Combatting Crime)

• Randeep Sarai, Secretary of State (International Development)

• Adam van Koeverden, Secretary of State (Sport)

• John Zerucelli, Secretary of State (Labour)

Daily Poll

Today’s question is:

Friday’s Results:

You can download the full results (including comments) here in an Excel file (email addresses have been removed for anonymity).

Health

Measles Exposure Potential Spreads

The Thunder Bay Public Health Unit is advising the public that exposure to measles was possible at local clinics and laboratories recently.

The Health Unit says people may have been exposed to the virus last Wednesday and Thursday at the following locations:

• Wed. May 7 at the Harbourview Family Health Team on Oliver Rd. between 10:40 am and 1:15 pm

• Wed. May 7 at the LifeLabs location on Oliver Rd. between 11:15 am and 1:45 pm

• Thur. May 8 at the Port Arthur Health Centre (including Shoppers Drug Mart)  between 10:30 am and 2:00 pm

• Thur. May 8 at the LifeLabs location at the P.A. Family Health Centre between 10:30 am and 2:00 pm 

Both Life Labs locations temporarily shut down on their own to deal with the situation. They have since reopened.

Police

Man Pleads Guilty to 2nd Degree Murder

Harley Austin Loon, one of two brothers charged with the murder of 37-year-old Rust James Russow, pled guilty in court on Tuesday.

The brothers, Harley and Travis, were charged with 1st degree murder after Russow’s body was found on November 17, 2022 in an apartment on Pearl Street.

Police say Russow was killed three days prior.

Travis is set to stand trial for 1st degree murder beginning on June 2.

Civic

2 Hour Free Parking

Thunder Bay City Administration is proposing to offer two hours of free parking so they can learn more about parking trends in the city.

There have been a lot of changes to parking rules since the pandemic, most of it which has been met with community resistance.

Based on the feedback from the community, the city wants to analyze usage and present an update on what direction parking rules and fees should go, by January of 2026.

Usage of city meters is low, around 10%, so the goal is to find out how to increase usage, and also increase community satisfaction.

To that I say, good luck!

Forest Fires

Evacuations Starting

Fire Kenora 20, burning near Ingolf, which is about 580km west of Thunder Bay has prompted an evacuation notice.

Ontario Forest First is strongly encouraging residents and cottagers near the Manitoba border to evacuate.

The fire was, as of Tuesday afternoon, 8,000 hectares in size and not under control.

Hopefully the rain scheduled for later this week can help bring it back under control.

Indigenous News

Kasabonika Lake Assault Charge Laid

Nishnawbe Aski police have laid an aggravated assault charge against a 43-year-old Kasabonika Lake First Nation man.

The charge is the result of a serious assault in the community over the weekend.

The community is located almost 600km north of Thunder Bay. The victim’s injuries were not considered life threatening and the suspect remains in custody in Kenora after a bail hearing.

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