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Good morning, Thunder Bay — and welcome to issue one hundred and forty-seven. Sunny, with a high of 12°C. It's Sunday, and election day is tomorrow. In today's issue: a new mining service facility on Amber Drive, a celebrity hockey game that raised nearly $200,000 for Easter Seals, the Stanley Cup's visit to Pikangikum First Nation, and Dagwood's Halloween plans. Plus eight things to do through Thursday.
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Trivia: The word “bankrupt” comes from the Italian banca rotta. What did rotta mean — broken, empty, or stolen? (Answer at the bottom!)
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Thunder Bay Events
From a new book convention and a church concert to election day, a JUNO winner at Magnus, a country night and a Mediterranean guitarist, here's what's on through Thursday.
Sunday, October 25
OCT 25 · Smoke & Embers book convention — 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. · 📍 2260 Sleeping Giant Parkway · The first annual dark and romantasy-themed book convention in Thunder Bay. · 📅 Add to Calendar
OCT 25 · Halloween Hoot — noon to 4 p.m., final day; $12 adults, $10 students, seniors and youth, free for ages 5 and under · 📍 Fort William Historical Park · Costumes encouraged: trick-or-treating, scarecrows, farm animals and themed games. · 📅 Add to Calendar
OCT 25 · Flipper Flanagan's Flat Footed Four in concert — 2 to 4 p.m., $20 per person · 📍 Lakeview Presbyterian Church, 278 Camelot St. · Northern Ontario recording artists play a church concert; call 807-345-8823 for tickets. · 📅 Add to Calendar
Monday, October 26
OCT 26 · 2026 Municipal Election Day — 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; online voting also closes at 8 p.m. · 📍 Your ward's polling place, named on your Voter Information Letter · Questions? Call the voter help line at 807-622-VOTE (8683). · 📅 Add to Calendar
Tuesday, October 27
OCT 27 · Hawksley Workman Duo — 6:30 p.m., tickets $53.85 · 📍 Magnus Theatre, 10 Algoma St. S. · The JUNO Award-winning singer-songwriter brings an evening of theatrical glam and indie rock. · 📅 Add to Calendar
OCT 27 · Free public lecture: Chronicling McVicar Creek Through Art — 7:30 to 9 p.m., free · 📍 Thunder Bay Museum, 425 Donald St. E. · Betty Carpick presents "A Record of Time" in the museum's 2026–27 lecture series. · 📅 Add to Calendar
Wednesday, October 28
OCT 28 · Owen Riegling — 7:30 p.m. · 📍 Thunder Bay Community Auditorium, 1 Paul Shaffer Dr. · The country singer-songwriter and 2022 Boots & Hearts competition winner plays the Auditorium. · 📅 Add to Calendar
Thursday, October 29
OCT 29 · Pavlo — 7:30 p.m., tickets from $64 · 📍 Thunder Bay Community Auditorium, 1 Paul Shaffer Dr. · The award-winning instrumental Mediterranean guitarist and recording artist in concert. · 📅 Add to Calendar
✅ NO WEATHER ALERTS IN EFFECT
Environment Canada has no alerts posted for Thunder Bay at the time of this update. Sunday looks dry and sunny, with a gusty west wind in the morning.
☀️ Sunday, October 25 — Thunder Bay
12°C
Overnight low −3°C
Sunny, with a high of 12°C. The wind turns west at 20 km/h, gusting to 40 in the morning, and the UV index is low at 2. Clear overnight, with a low near −3°C.
Election day Monday is a mix of sun and cloud with a high of 5°C. Tuesday is cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of showers and a high of 7°C, and Wednesday brings periods of rain with a high of 11°C. Forecast from Environment Canada.
Epiroc opens a new mining service facility on Amber Drive
Epiroc, the mining equipment maker formerly known as Atlas Copco, has opened a new Thunder Bay location at 1239 Amber Drive. The 9,862-square-foot facility has warehouse space and a rock drill repair centre, and its grand opening drew people from across the mining industry, along with Mayor Ken Boshcoff and Fort William First Nation Chief Michele Solomon. General manager Dawn Nigro says the city is poised to become a major mining hub and that the company is seeing demand for its products in Northwestern Ontario. Nigro also says many of Epiroc's machines can be run remotely, so some of that work could eventually be done from a control centre here rather than at the mine.
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The Easter Seals Celebrity Hockey Classic raises nearly $200,000
Boston Bruins hall-of-famer Ray Bourque was the marquee name at the Easter Seals Celebrity Hockey Classic on Friday at the Thunder Bay Tournament Centre, signing autographs and posing for pictures with fans while playing for Team RBC. He was one of eight former NHLers at the eight-team event, along with Al Iafrate, Rick Vaive and John Scott. The weekend raised nearly $200,000 for Easter Seals, making it the organization's largest fundraiser of the year.
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The Stanley Cup visits Pikangikum First Nation
The NHL and the Hockey Hall of Fame brought the Stanley Cup to Pikangikum First Nation, a remote Ojibway community about 230 kilometres north of Kenora, on Oct. 21 and 22. Elders got the first look, followed by about 1,500 students and then most of the rest of the community of more than 3,000. Amanda Sainnawap of the Pikangikum Education Authority says it took a lot of co-ordination, and the NHL says the goal was to uplift the spirits of youth and celebrate the community. It follows a 2017 Stanley Cup visit to Sandy Lake First Nation, also in northwestern Ontario.
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Dagwood's Slightly Batty Halloween returns Oct. 31
Dagwood's Bakery and Deli is bringing back its seventh annual Slightly Batty Halloween on Oct. 31 at its Brock Street location, with a Monster Madness theme. A sensory-sensitive session with the animatronics turned off or toned down runs from 2 to 4 p.m., then the event opens to all ages from 4 to 8 p.m., with a free trick-or-treat dessert for kids. A haunted hour from 4 to 6 p.m. features $1 apple cider, and the haunted menu includes the bloody eyeball cake pops that have been part of the event since the start. If you want the Halloween menu items, pre-orders are recommended by Oct. 29; after that it's first come, first served.
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Trivia answer: Broken. In medieval Italy, money-changers worked at benches called banche, and a dealer who failed was said to have a broken bench.
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