ISSUE #65

Good morning,

Welcome to another week!

There were some spicy comments on Friday’s poll asking if Carney would do a good job as PM. I love the interaction and passion!

Keep it coming!

In today’s issue, we cover:

• Students protest Big Oil on campus 🛢️

• Daily Poll -Should LU abandon the banks?

• $40 million for homes 🏠

• Shipyard loses contract 🚢

• OPP partners with highshcool👮

• 10 Mile Road Race contest 🏃🏾‍♀️

• Fishing checkpoints 🎣

• Things to do this week 🗓️

• House of the day - Lake Superior home with guest cabin🏡

- Marcus Luft

Energy

LU Students Protest Big Banks

Students at Lakehead University are calling on the school to end its relationship, sponsorship, and contracts with Canada’s big five banks.

The issue is that the banks invest heavily in fossil fuels (that’s going to be a tough one…).

There are two main issues the students are protesting.

The first is the use of Indigenous lands without consent or agreement.

The second is the impact of global warming on the future of everyone, especially the younger generation.

Last week a dozen students met to watch the documentary, Yintah, which discusses the 14-year resistance of the Wet’suwet’en to having pipelines built on their unceded territory.

So far I have found no comment from LU on whether or not they will take a reduction in money by cancelling any partnerships with the big banks in Canada.

Daily Poll

Today’s question is:

Local

$40 Million For Housing

The federal government has earmarked over $40 million to help build and repair 149 homes through eight housing projects in Northern Ontario.

The money comes via low-cost repayable loans and contributions through the National Housing Strategy.

The projects receiving funds from the Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI) are:

• $3,076,250 - Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve - 16 new rental units

• $1,446,600 - Zhiibaahaasgin First Nation - 5 new rental units

• $1,372,030 - Chippewas Kettle and Stony Point - 6 new rental units

• $1,105,970 - Long Lake No. 58 First Nation - 4 new rental units

• $566,770 - Long Lake No. 58 First Nation - 4 new rental units

Projects receiving funds from the Apartment Construction Loan Program (ACLP) are:

• $16,752,908 - Kenora - 56 new senior rental units

• $16,390,000 - 276 Duke St, Dryden - 48 new rental units

• $150,000 - Washagamis Bay First Nation - 10 rental units

The National Housing Strategy is a 10-year plan to give more than $115 billion to provide more Canadians a home.

Since December of 2024, just over $60 billion has been committed to develop more than 156,000 units and repair more than 298,000 units.

Construction

Shipyard Loses Construction Contract

The plan to build some of a new polar icebreaker here in town at the Ontario Shipyards facility (pictured above), has been put on hold.

Earlier this month the federal government announced the construction of a new heavy polar icebreaker by Seaspan Shipyard of North Vancouver.

The project cost is estimated to be $3.1 billion.

In 2020 it was announced that Seaspan and Ontario Shipyards would team up to build the first Canadian-built icebreaker in over 60 years.

However, since then things have gone cold between the two companies and now Seapsan is indicating that nothing will be made here in Thunder Bay.

Neither party, nor either MP in Thunder Bay, has commented on what transpired.

Operations at the Ontario Shipyards were suspended a year ago and temporarily restarted to make repairs to a damaged bulk carrier.

There’s no word on when operations might continue, or if the deal with Seaspan can be revived.

Crime

OPP Partners with Highschool

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has a new office in Dryden High School.

Earlier this week the Keewatin Patricia District School Board (KPDSB) announced a new partnership with the OPP.

The aim is to foster a positive relationship between youth and law enforcement.

Small communities in NWO are experiencing a rising increase in drug use and human trafficking, so the hope is this new program can help raise awareness and support for vulnerable kids.

The program has been over a year in the making.

This sounds great. I hope it’s a success!

Local Event

10 Mile Road Race Contest

Are you a runner?

Do you want to help out runners even if you aren’t?

Well, the 10 Mile Road Race needs you if you have an artistic side to yourself.

Everyone who enters to run the event receives a t-shirt as part of their race kit.

The 10 Mile Road Race committee is holding a contest for the design of the t-shirt.

The winning design gets $500 and their work on every shirt is handed out in the race kits.

Interested in submitting a design? Click here for entry details.

Indigenous News

Fishing Enforcement Will Resume

Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg will resume its community-led enforcement of fishing this year.

The community cited growing concerns around commercial-scale fishing on White Lake.

in 2024 the community, located between Marathon and White River, set up a series of checkpoints and patrols.

The community plans on doing the same this year, plus using the addition of drones to monitor from the air.

Things to do This Week

Events In and Around the City

March 24

A Parent’s Struggle
Live theatre
Magnus Theatre - 10 Algoma St S
6:30pm
$5-$25

Thunder Bay Swing Dancing Society
Free swing dancing lessons
CD Howe Public School - 30 Wishart Crescent
7pm
$ FREE

March 25

An Evening with Tommy Emmanual, CGP
Live music
Thunder Bay Community Auditorium - 1 Paul Shaffer Dr
7:30pm
$65-$358

Karaoke
Live amateur music
The Foundry - 242 Red River Rd
8:30PM
$ FREE

March 26

Name That Tune - Cover Songs
Musical trivia night
Sleeping Giant Brewing Co - 712 Macdonell St
7pm-9pm
$ FREE

Magic and Wine Night with Mackinley’s Delusions
Wine and magic show
Grotto Trattoria - 28 Cumberland St N
6pm-8pm
$ FREE

Ira Johnson Band
Live music
Howl at the Moon - 8 Cumberland St S
8pm
$ FREE

March 27

WOoDSIDE Social Club Featuring Morning Light
Live music
Woodside Bar - 251 Red River Rd
7pm-9pm
$25

Celtic Night - Tbay Trad
Live music
Red Lion Smokehouse - 16 Cumberland St S
7:30pm-9:30pm
$ FREE

Open Mic Comedy
Live amateur comedy
The Foundry - 242 Red River Rd
8pm-11pm
$ FREE

Karaoke

• Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 5 - 229 Van Norman St
  7pm-11pm

• Howl at the Moon - Sober Karaoke - 8 Cumberland St S
  9pm

• Nortenos Cantina - 235 Red River Rd
  9pm

• Polish Combatants’ Association - Branch 1 - 209 Cumberland St N
  9pm

• The Waterhouse - 9 Cumberland St S
  10pm

• The Alley - 236 Cumming St
  10pm

March 28

Acoustic Night
Live music
Nortños Taqueria - 698 Arthur St W
7pm-10pm
$ FREE

TBSO Northern Lights - Natasha Fisher
Live music
Da Vinci Centre - 340 Waterloo St S
7:30pm
$25-$50

50s - 60s Classic Rock Featuring Pat Silvaggio
Live music
Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 5 - 229 Van Norman St
8pm-11pm
$5 (at the door)

The Gin Tonics Live at The Social
Live music
The Social - 1047 Dawson Rd
8pm-11:30pm
$ FREE

Pitbull Party at The Outpost
Party, music, dancing
The Outpost - 955 Oliver Rd
9pm
$10 (at the door)

Page 38: Double Header Weekend at The Wayland
Live music
Wayland Bar & Grill - 1019 Gore St W
10pm
$5 (at the door)

Cold Lake Sun with Darren Foley and the Luminescence
Live music
The Foundry - 242 Red River Rd
10pm
$5 (at the door)

Blood Shots live at the Cantina
Live music
Norteños Cantina
10pm
$5-$10 (at the door)

Karaoke:

• The Hodder - 481 Hodder Ave
  9pm

• The Social - 1047 Dawson Rd
  9:30pm

• The Bar - 863 Red River Rd
  10pm

• The Waterhouse - 9 Cumberland St S
  10pm

March 29

Vinyl Saturdays
Music
Red Lion Smokehouse - 16 Cumberland St S
3pm-9pm
$ FREE

Blues House Party 6
Live music
Da Vinci Centre - 340 Waterloo St S
6pm
$35 (at the door)

CWE Presents The Point To Prove Tour
Live wrestling
Moose Hall - 434 Fort William Rd
6pm-9pm
$25-$30

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis: A Green Room
Live theatre
Cambrian Players - 818 Spring St
7:30pm
$15

Monster Mayhem: Night of 1000 Lady Gagas Drag Show
Live performance
Black Pirates Pub - 215 Red River Rd Suite 101
9pm
$15-$20

Page 38: Double Header Weekend at The Wayland
Live music
Wayland Bar & Grill - 1019 Gore St W
10pm
$5 (at the door)

Aneurysm: Tribue to Nirvana live at The Cantina
Live music
Norteños Cantina - 235 Red River Rd
10pm
$5-$10 (at the bar)

Thirsty Monks with Juan Jose live at The Foundry
Live music
The Foundry - 242 Red River Rd
10pm
$5 (at the door)

Karaoke

• Westfort Prosvita - 721 Gore St W
  7pm-11pm

• Howl at the Moon - Sober Karaoke - 8 Cumberland St S
  9pm

• The Hodder - 481 Hodder Ave
  9pm

• Norteños Taqueria - 698 Arthur St W
  9pm

• The Social - 1047 Dawson Rd
  9pm

• The Bar - 863 Red River Rd
  10pm

Home of the Day

518 Fishermans Point Rd

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2 bedrooms
2 bathrooms
1,300 sqft

$759,900

Lake Superior property with a guest house.