Author Archives: Katie Nicholls
Case Counts Changing
The way case numbers are being reported and what's being counted is changing. Ontario isn't confirming covid cases the same way since Ontario residents are being asked to presume that they have covid ...
Jan 03, 2022
Ontario Cases Up By More Than 16k
It's another day of case numbers in Ontario being over 16 thousand. The Public Health Unit estimates there are 16,714 confirmed cases Sunday as well as another 16 deaths. There have been approximately...
Jan 02, 2022 Masks and Hand Sanitizer - staff photo
Joe Comuzzi Passes Away
A Thunder Bay native has passed away at the age of 88. The Honourable Joseph Comuzzi was first elected to the House of Commons for Thunder Bay-Superior North in 1988. For 20 years, Comuzzi was a polit...
Jan 02, 2022
Staycation Tax Credit Available
A new staycation tax credit is available for Ontarians starting for the 2022 tax year. To help minimize the risk of spreading or contracting the covid 19 virus, the province has implemented a tax cred...
Jan 02, 2022 GotCredit / CC
Daily Cases Pass 18k
The case count will be underestimated for a number reasons in today's provincial summary. As it's Jan.1 provincial reporting centres aren't getting test results because they are closed for the holiday...
Jan 01, 2022
Minimum Wage Increased
Today's the day that minum wage sees a huge increase. The Ford government promised the increase in November 2021, and Jan.1 2022 it goes into effect. General minimum wage goes from $14.35 to $15 an ho...
Jan 01, 2022 rick / CC
TBPS Officer Dragged By Fleeing Motorist
It was a Festive Ride check gone wrong. After observing many signs that the driver was likely impaired at the intersection of Sprague and Walsh Streets just after 9 p.m. on Dec. 30. at about 9:10 p.m....
Dec 31, 2021
Aggressive Drivers & Red Light Runners = Largest Concern For Canadian Drivers
Many Canadian drivers quickly got used to emptier roads since the start of the pandemic. CAA asked over two thousand Canadians what their biggest concerns were when it comes to driving and other drive...
Dec 31, 2021 David Kranker / CC
One Vaccine Brand More Effective Than Others: Study
A new study out of South Africa is showing that one of the available vaccines is more effective against the Omicron variant. The study showed that the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine is more efficient at keep...
Dec 30, 2021
Pair Of School Outbreaks Over
COVID-19 outbreaks affecting two schools in Thunder Bay are over. The Thunder Bay District Health Unit made the declarations Thursday when it comes to St. Elizabeth School in addition to Gorham & ...
Dec 30, 2021 St. Bernard school - (staff picture)
