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Good morning, Thunder Bay — and welcome to issue one hundred and twenty-six. Sunny, with a high of 13°C. It's Monday, Beverly Street closes today for the Multiplex work, and the city's ward races are in full swing. In today's issue: two orphaned bear cubs on the mend; three candidates for an open Westfort council seat; and a pair of local hockey wins. Plus six things to do between now and Friday.
In this Harbour Beat Issue…
Trivia: A giraffe's neck can reach about two metres long. How many neck vertebrae does a giraffe have — seven, 14, or 21? (Answer at the bottom!)
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Thunder Bay Events
From a Zoom volunteer session and a lakeside group run to Come From Away, open-mic comedy and Menopause The Musical, here's what's on between now and Friday.
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
Tuesday, October 6
OCT 6 · Tuesday Group Run — 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., free · 📍 Boulevard Lake, Rita Street parking lot · A friendly 5K run or run/walk around the lake, any speed or fitness level welcome. · 📅 Add to Calendar
Wednesday, October 7
OCT 7 · Westfort Prosvita Catch the Ace — draw at 7 p.m., $5 a ticket · 📍 Westfort Prosvita, 721 West Gore St. · Weekly progressive draw; tickets are sold at the bar through the week and you don't need to be there to win. · 📅 Add to Calendar
Thursday, October 8
OCT 8 · Come From Away — 7:30 to 9 p.m., $36 · 📍 Thunder Bay Community Auditorium, 1 Paul Shaffer Dr. · Badanai Theatre's production of the Gander musical, with more performances Oct. 9 and 10. · 📅 Add to Calendar
OCT 8 · LIVE Open Mic Comedy Thursdays at Campfire Comedy — doors 7 p.m., show 8 to 10 p.m., no cover · 📍 Campfire Comedy, 117 Cumberland St. N. · Weekly open-mic night; sign-ups at 7:30 p.m., newcomers welcome. · 📅 Add to Calendar
Friday, October 9
OCT 9 · Menopause The Musical — 7:30 p.m., tickets from $73 · 📍 Thunder Bay Community Auditorium, 1 Paul Shaffer Dr. · A musical parody about four women at a lingerie sale, set to classic hits. · 📅 Add to Calendar
✅ NO WEATHER ALERTS IN EFFECT
Environment Canada has no alerts posted for Thunder Bay in its latest forecast. A bright, sunny start to the week, though a cool one.
☀️ Monday, October 5 — Thunder Bay
13°C
Overnight low 4°C
Sunny through the day, then cloudy periods overnight with a low near plus 4.
Tuesday is the warm one, sunny and 19°C. Wednesday reaches 18°C with a 40 percent chance of showers, Thursday cools to 14°C with a 30 percent chance, and Friday is 14°C with periods of rain likely. Forecast from Environment Canada.
Two orphaned bear cubs are recovering after a train killed their mother near Loon Lake
Two bear cubs are on the mend at a wildlife rehabilitation facility in Nipigon after their mother was struck and killed by a train near West Loon Lake in Shuniah on Sept. 19. The Ministry of Natural Resources says staff judged the cubs too young to survive alone and captured them on Sept. 22. They will stay in care until they can be released next year.
The ministry says northwestern bear reports are lower than at this time last year, but fall is when hungry bears look for food before denning. Secure your garbage, report non-emergency sightings to the Bear Wise line at 1-866-514-2327, and call 911 if a bear is an immediate threat.
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Three candidates, no incumbent: who wants Westfort's council seat?
With the sitting councillor not running, three candidates are competing for the Westfort ward seat in the Oct. 26 municipal election: Angel Gamble, Clint Harris and Stephen Margarit. CBC News asked each of them to answer the same three questions in about 100 words: why they are running, which issues they want to tackle in the ward, and what their first priority would be.
Their full answers are in CBC's side-by-side Q&A, which is a quick way to compare them before the ballots open.
🗳️ Your call: with no incumbent in Westfort, what should the next councillor tackle first?
Your call: with no incumbent in Westfort, what should the next councillor tackle first?
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Thunderwolves score six in a period as the Fighting Walleye rally for a win
Lakehead's men's hockey team opened its preseason with a 9-4 win over the Ontario Tech Ridgebacks on Friday, scoring six goals in the first period. Newcomer Quincy Supprien had two goals and an assist in that opening frame, and the teams were scheduled to play again Saturday night at Fort William Gardens.
In junior hockey, the Kam River Fighting Walleye trailed the Fort Frances Lakers 2-0 on Friday, then scored five unanswered goals, four of them in the third period, for a 5-2 win. Sam Moen stopped 38 shots in net.
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Trivia answer: Seven. A giraffe has the same number of neck vertebrae as a human, but each one is hugely elongated, which is what stretches the neck to roughly two metres.
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