City Hall

Thunder Bay’s city council is considering a condensed budget process in 2024 that would slash the amount of time the public and council have to review the document.

Boosters of a Thunder Bay waterfront trail have released economic impact and public opinion data they hope will pave the way for a multi-million dollar fundraising campaign.

The City of Thunder Bay will consolidate to four departments, shuffling services including long-term care, in a move intended in part to find millions in cuts ordered by city council.

Tbaytel has reported revenues of nearly $215 million in 2022 amid rising usership, allowing the city-owned telecom to transfer over $18.4 million into municipal coffers.

Staff project the City of Thunder Bay will finish the year with a half-million dollar deficit, with policing costs on track to exceed an already increased budget.

The Thunder Bay Art Gallery has secured final approvals to proceed with construction on a new, larger waterfront gallery.

Thunder Bay city councillors loudly defended their compensation as they voted to award themselves a 2.9 per cent pay hike in 2023, following a policy that pegs increases at half the rate of inflation.

Thunder Bay's city council will consider a recommendation to formalize a more supportive recent approach to homeless encampments on Monday, while a decision on whether to create officially sanctioned encampment sites is not expected until next year.

A lease is still under negotiation with the city as construction season looms, but the group behind a new six-court tennis bubble at Chapples Park remains hopeful it will be finished in 2023.

The City of Thunder Bay will launch additional consultation as it considers whether to cut minimum setbacks for backyard homes roughly in half, to two feet.