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Good morning, Thunder Bay — and welcome to issue one hundred and twenty. Sunny today with a high of 21°C and fog patches clearing this morning, with a chance of showers moving in overnight. In today's issue: First Nation chiefs rally behind Neskantaga as its Toronto evacuees near two months away from home; Nipigon presses the province on a school bus driver shortage stranding rural students; a charity golf tournament pours $46,000 into three Northwestern Ontario support groups; and Celtic Day's bagpipes and broadswords return to Fort William Historical Park. Plus five things to do between now and Friday.
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Trivia: In 1964, a 17-year-old named Randy Gardner set one of the longest scientifically documented stretches without sleep. About how many hours did he stay awake — 164, 264, or 364? (Answer at the bottom!)
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Thunder Bay Events
From a citywide Culture Days lineup and a classic car cruise-in to a metal show at the Auditorium, a charity run around Boulevard Lake and Badanai Theatre's Come From Away, here's what's on between now and Friday.
Monday, September 28
SEP 28 · Ontario Culture Days — daily through Oct. 4, free · 📍 Venues citywide · Arts, culture and community programming across Thunder Bay — see thunderbay.ca/culturedays for the full schedule. · 📅 Add to Calendar
SEP 28 · Dawson Diner Monday Night Cruise-In — 6:30 to 8 p.m. · 📍 Dawson Diner, 1889 Dawson Road · Classic cars, hot rods and antique rides with a barbecue and ice cream, hosted by the Lakehead Antique Car Club. · 📅 Add to Calendar
Tuesday, September 29
SEP 29 · Sabaton: Legends On Tour — 7 p.m., from $76.50 · 📍 Thunder Bay Community Auditorium, 1 Paul Shaffer Dr. · The Swedish heavy metal headliners bring their history-inspired anthems to town, with Pop Evil and Wings of Steel opening. · 📅 Add to Calendar
Wednesday, September 30
SEP 30 · Honouring our Children Run — 8 a.m. to noon · 📍 Boulevard Lake, Lyon Blvd. W. · A 5K and 10K walk/run raising money for the Mazinaajim Children's Foundation. · 📅 Add to Calendar
Thursday, October 1
OCT 1 · Come From Away — 7:30 to 9 p.m., $36 · 📍 Thunder Bay Community Auditorium · Badanai Theatre's run of the acclaimed 9/11 musical continues, with more performances through Oct. 10. · 📅 Add to Calendar
✅ NO WEATHER ALERTS IN EFFECT
Environment Canada has nothing posted for Thunder Bay as of Sunday evening. A warm, mostly sunny start to the week, with showers moving in by Tuesday.
☀️ Monday, September 28 — Thunder Bay
21°C
Overnight low 12°C
Sunny, with morning fog patches dissipating. UV index 5, moderate. Becoming cloudy this evening with a 40 percent chance of showers overnight.
Monday stays sunny with a high of 21°C, turning cloudy overnight with a 40 percent chance of showers. Tuesday brings showers and a high of 18°C, then Wednesday is cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers near 19°C. Thursday and Friday both turn to a mix of sun and cloud in the mid-teens, with overnight lows dropping toward freezing by the weekend. Forecast from Environment Canada.
Neskantaga evacuees brace for a Toronto winter as nursing station repairs drag on
It's been nearly eight weeks since Neskantaga First Nation's most vulnerable members were flown to a Toronto hotel after a sewage spill forced a state of emergency at the community's only nursing station on Aug. 4. Repair work has only just begun, and Chief Gary Quisses says it could be a month or more before the facility reopens — leaving him worried some evacuees, from a community of fewer than 400 people 440 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay, won't be home before the snow flies.
At this week's Nishnawbe Aski Nation conference, chiefs voted to press Indigenous Services Canada for emergency funding toward a new nursing station and a temporary, community-approved facility, plus a dedicated working group until the state of emergency lifts. It's the second time in as many years health problems have forced an evacuation here, and Neskantaga has lived under the longest boil-water advisory in Canadian history — 31 years and counting.
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Nipigon presses the province on a school bus driver shortage stranding rural students
The Township of Nipigon is calling on the province to make sure school boards have the money to recruit, train and retain bus drivers, as an ongoing shortage makes it harder for students in remote parts of Northern Ontario to get to class. The township's resolution frames it as a funding gap, not just a local hiring problem — arguing boards can't fix the shortage with recruitment drives alone if the pay isn't there to keep drivers.
🗳️ Your call: is this a funding problem for the province, or a hiring problem for local boards?
Your call: is Ontario's school bus driver shortage a funding problem the province needs to fix, or a hiring problem for local boards to solve on their own?
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A charity golf tournament pours $46,000 into three Northwestern Ontario support groups
The second annual Healing Energy Golf Classic, organized by Chi Mino Ozhitoowin, brought out about 140 golfers and raised more than $46,000 — split three ways, at $15,348 each, between the Underground Gym, Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre and the Paawidigong First Nations Forum. CEO Peter Collins said the tournament was built around the economic momentum of the Waasigan Transmission Project, directed toward groups working on the ground on addiction and youth support.
Paawidigong's funding — roughly double last year's — will support Lac Seul and Eagle Lake First Nations in the Treaty 3 area; mental wellness team lead Marcel Penner said the extra money means the group can expand beyond the nutrition support it funded last year.
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Celtic Day's bagpipes and broadswords return to Fort William Historical Park
Fort William Historical Park's Celtic Day finally happened on Sunday after wildfire smoke forced a postponement from July, drawing families out for a full day of Highland dancing, haggis tasting, broadsword demonstrations and a great hall tea in support of the United Way. Manager Jennifer McFarlane said the free, family-friendly event — one of three the park runs to celebrate the region's cultures, alongside Anishinaabe Keeshigun and the Voyageurs Winter Carnival — was a welcome chance to close out the summer season.
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Trivia answer: 264. In 1964, 17-year-old Randy Gardner stayed awake for about 264 hours — roughly 11 days — as part of a science-fair sleep-deprivation experiment, one of the longest stretches ever documented under scientific observation.
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