City Hall

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.

A city review found Soccer Northwest Ontario’s proposal for an indoor turf facility next to the Canada Games Complex would likely cost more than the organization estimated, but still recommends further study.

A City of Thunder Bay survey asks residents to weigh in on questions like what kinds of housing the city needs more of and where development should be focused.

A city program offering property tax and water credits to low-income seniors and people with disabilities will no longer bar those whose accounts are in arrears.

Some residents in the McVicar Creek area are asking the City of Thunder Bay to evict homeless campers from city parks, citing nuisance concerns.