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In this Harbour Beat Issue…
🚢 Premier Ford docks $2.8M for Thunder Bay and Marathon ports
🌳 City to ramp up ash-tree removals as the beetle spreads
🏃 A Grade 7 runner shatters a 21-year-old track record
🛣️ Health unit makes the case for safer northern highways
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Trivia: Just east of Thunder Bay stands the Terry Fox Monument, near the spot where Terry was forced to end his Marathon of Hope in 1980. How many kilometres had he run across Canada by then? (Answer at the bottom!)
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Your week ahead in and around Thunder Bay:
Wednesday, June 17
Border Cats vs. Waterloo Bucks — 6:35 p.m. · Port Arthur Stadium · homestand opener with fan giveaways
Thursday, June 18
5th Annual FWFN Drag Show — 6 p.m. · Fort William First Nation Arena · a Wiggins Productions Pride celebration
Border Cats vs. Waterloo Bucks — 6:35 p.m. · Port Arthur Stadium · Bark in the Park — bring the dog
Friday, June 19
CWE Live Wrestling ft. WWE’s EC3 — doors 6:30 p.m., bell 7 p.m. · The Moose Hall, 434 Fort William Rd
Kris Labelle: “Daddy Issues” — 8 p.m. · Campfire Comedy Club · a Father’s Day weekend stand-up special
Saturday, June 20
Children’s Festival & Services Expo — 11 a.m.–4 p.m. · Chippewa Park · free family fun
Sunday, June 21
National Indigenous Peoples Day — Anemki Wajiw (Mount McKay), Fort William First Nation · free; sunrise ceremony, grand entry & powwow (watch FWFN for the full schedule)
Border Cats vs. Duluth Huskies — 1:35 p.m. · Port Arthur Stadium · Father’s Day BBQ giveaway
Wednesday is mainly cloudy, with any early-morning fog patches lifting through the morning. Look for a high of 17°C — a few degrees below the mid-June norm of 21°C — and an overnight low near 8°C, with a 30 per cent chance of late showers. Even behind the cloud the sun has bite, so mind the UV index of 7 (high). Full forecast at Environment Canada.
Premier Ford docks $2.8M for Thunder Bay and Marathon ports
Premier Doug Ford was on the Keefer Terminal docks Tuesday to announce a combined $2.8 million for the region’s ports — $804,955 to expand staging and storage by 10 acres in Thunder Bay, and $2 million to help build a new marine terminal at the former Marathon Pulp mill. Port officials say the extra room means more cargo — grain, potash, forestry products and, eventually, Ring of Fire minerals — can move through the gateway to the West.
City to ramp up ash-tree removals as the beetle spreads
Expect more chainsaws on city boulevards. A new report from Thunder Bay’s urban forester says emerald ash borer damage has reached the point where ash trees — once about a quarter of the city’s public tree stock — must come down “in greater magnitude,” with roughly 3,500 more removals planned through 2030. The city is replanting 1,000 trees a year and sending the wood chips to a local mill.
A Grade 7 runner shatters a 21-year-old track record
École Gron Morgan’s Aja Sigsworth had a day to remember at the SSSAA elementary track meet, smashing the girls’ 1,500-metre record that had stood since 2004 — by about 13 seconds. “I worked really hard to get it,” she said. More than 2,800 entries are spread across the two-day meet, which wraps up Wednesday at Fort William Stadium.
Health unit makes the case for safer northern highways
The Thunder Bay District Board of Health meets June 17 to weigh backing a regional push for safer northern highways. The case is stark: local emergency rooms see vehicle-collision injuries at about 1.5 times the provincial average. Advocates want a continuous “2+1” passing-lane design built along Highways 11 and 17, plus targeted safety upgrades at high-collision zones.
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Trivia answer: 5,373 kilometres. Terry Fox ran for 143 days from St. John’s, Newfoundland, before his cancer returned and forced him to stop just east of Thunder Bay on September 1, 1980 — the Terry Fox Monument and lookout there now honours his Marathon of Hope.