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Good morning, Thunder Bay — and welcome to issue one hundred and twenty-four. Mainly cloudy with a shower or two early, clearing late in the day, and a high of 15°C. It's Friday, and the first tenants are due to move into the temporary shelter village today. In today's issue: that move-in; a library strike deadline of Oct. 16; a Lac Seul artist's giant sign at the Winnipeg airport; and a railway closure on Montreal Street next week. Plus seven things to do between now and Monday.
In this Harbour Beat Issue…
Trivia: The English word “salary” comes from the Latin salarium, linked to an everyday mineral. Which one — salt, iron, or silver? (Answer at the bottom!)
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Thunder Bay Events
From Come From Away at the Auditorium and Friday live music to Saturday karaoke and Sunday's Run for the Cure, here's what's on between now and Monday.
Friday, October 2
OCT 2 · Come From Away — 7:30 to 9 p.m., $36 · 📍 Thunder Bay Community Auditorium, 1 Paul Shaffer Dr. · Badanai Theatre's production of the acclaimed true story of 38 planes diverted to Gander on 9/11, with more performances Saturday and Oct. 8 to 10. · 📅 Add to Calendar
OCT 2 · Friday Live Music at Bar Polonia — 8 to 11 p.m., $10 cover · 📍 Polish Combatants' Association Branch No. 1, 209 N. Cumberland St. · Live music every Friday night; everyone is welcome. · 📅 Add to Calendar
Saturday, October 3
OCT 3 · Come From Away — 7:30 to 9 p.m., $36 · 📍 Thunder Bay Community Auditorium, 1 Paul Shaffer Dr. · A second weekend night for Badanai Theatre's production of the Gander musical. · 📅 Add to Calendar
OCT 3 · Karaoke at The Proz — 8 p.m. to midnight · 📍 Westfort Prosvita, 721 West Gore St. · Weekly Saturday-night karaoke. · 📅 Add to Calendar
Sunday, October 4
OCT 4 · Canadian Cancer Society CIBC Run for the Cure — 10 a.m. to noon · 📍 Legion Track, Fort William Stadium, Victoria Ave. · A 5K and 1K run/walk raising money for breast cancer research and patient support. · 📅 Add to Calendar
OCT 4 · Family Art Days — 1 to 4 p.m., free · 📍 Thunder Bay Art Gallery, 1080 Keewatin St. · Free all-ages creative activities and a wander through the gallery's exhibitions. · 📅 Add to Calendar
Monday, October 5
OCT 5 · Hospice Northwest Volunteer Information Session — 6 to 7 p.m., free · 📍 On Zoom (Hospice Northwest, 63 Carrie St.) · Learn how a few hours a month can bring companionship to someone living with a life-limiting illness; no commitment. · 📅 Add to Calendar
✅ NO WEATHER ALERTS IN EFFECT
Environment Canada has nothing posted for Thunder Bay as of Thursday evening. A gusty morning with a few showers around, then brightening late in the afternoon.
⛅ Friday, October 2 — Thunder Bay
15°C
Overnight low 3°C
Mainly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers in the morning and early in the afternoon, clearing late in the afternoon. Northwest wind 30 km/h gusting to 50 in the morning. UV index 3, moderate. Clear tonight with a low of 3.
Saturday is cloudy at 13°C. Sunday brings a mix of sun and cloud with a 40 percent chance of showers and a high of 15°C. Monday is sunny at 13°C, and Tuesday reaches 16°C with a 30 percent chance of showers. Forecast from Environment Canada.
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The first tenants move into the temporary shelter village today
City officials say 40 of the village's 80 tiny-home units are hooked up to electricity and ready for the first tenants, who are scheduled to move in Friday. Encampment response supervisor Rilee Willianen says the other buildings should come online over the next couple of weeks, and that the scale-up will depend on how things go, with no firm timeline for filling all 80.
The units are not permanent homes. Tenants must be 18 or older and experiencing homelessness, and can stay a maximum of four years while they look for something longer-term, with the village working alongside the District Social Services Administration Board and its partners.
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Thunder Bay Public Library workers set an Oct. 16 strike deadline
More than 70 library workers represented by CUPE 3120 and CUPE 87-18 say all four Thunder Bay Public Library branches could face a strike or lockout as of 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 16 if there's no deal. The union points to proposed concessions on benefits, sick and vacation time and early retirement, and says about 20 layoffs were expected because the Waverley branch is closing for renovations.
Library CEO Richard Togman says there's no intention of a lockout and no plan to hire replacement workers, and that any deal has to fit the library's budget. A meeting with a provincial conciliator is set for Oct. 14.
🗳️ Your call: with a possible Oct. 16 library strike, what matters most to you?
Your call: with a possible Oct. 16 library strike, what matters most to you?
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A Lac Seul artist's giant YWG sign greets arrivals at the Winnipeg airport
Storm Angeconeb, a member of Lac Seul First Nation in Treaty 3 territory, created the large pink-and-yellow YWG installation at Winnipeg Richardson International Airport for Wednesday's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It's painted with flowers and chickadees, and carries portraits of her grandmother and her son in a tikinagan.
Angeconeb says the piece is about what survival makes possible: if her grandmother hadn't survived residential school, neither she nor her son would be here, and she's raising him in the culture her grandmother nearly lost.
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Part of Montreal Street closes Oct. 6 to 9 for railway track work
Montreal Street will be closed at Neebing Avenue from Tuesday, Oct. 6 through Friday, Oct. 9 while CPKC replaces track. Detour signs will be posted, drivers are asked to plan alternate routes and take care around construction zones, and local access to businesses in that stretch will be from the east only.
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Trivia answer: Salt. Salarium comes from the Latin sal, “salt” — traditionally explained as a Roman soldier's allowance for buying salt, though historians debate the exact story.
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