City Hall

The City of Thunder Bay will consider selling municipal property including parking lots and parkland to spur housing development in core areas, but some councillors warned against a “fire sale on city parks.”

Coun. Kasey Etreni wants the City of Thunder Bay to examine selling city-owned property including parkland and parking lots to spur housing development in urban areas.

Depending on weather conditions, the city says River Street is set to reopen to traffic by May, a year after a culvert collapsed over McVicar Creek.

The City of Thunder Bay will launch a public survey and stakeholder consultations to inform an update to its Pool 6 master plan, which envisioned amenities including mountain bike trails and a Nordic spa.

Nearly 300 workers at Jasper Place and Pioneer Ridge represented by Unifor have secured 2.5 per cent increases and other benefits in a new contract with the City of Thunder Bay.

City's official TikTok will also be inactive pending results of federal privacy commissioner probe, after feds and the province also banned the app from government-issued devices.

City council approved further review of a proposed indoor turf facility, work on the Canada Games Complex and Fort William Gardens, and two large infrastructure contracts on Monday.

The city will continue studying a Soccer Northwest proposal for an indoor turf facility next to the Canada Games Complex, after initial work turned up increased costs but no red flags.

Coun. Trevor Giertuga is calling for an updated list setting out the City of Thunder Bay's top 25 infrastructure priorities. A previous list created in 2021 put a focus on projects including an indoor turf facility, synchronizing traffic lights, and renewing recreation facilities.

Police and civic leaders in Thunder Bay say they support decriminalizing simple drug possession, but some argue other steps must be made first.