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Happy Monday, Thunder Bay! The smoke has eased and the week ahead looks warm and mostly bright. In today's issue: a fast-growing donation drive rallies help for wildfire-displaced families, a doctor and MPP flies north to keep a regional ER open, area farmers scramble to keep their flocks cool in the heat and haze, and a 13-year-old motocross racer guns for a national title. Plus your week-ahead events and today's forecast. ☀️
In this Harbour Beat Issue…
🤝 A donation drive rallies for wildfire-hit communities
🏥 A doctor and MPP heads north to keep an ER open
🐔 You can't put an N95 mask on a chicken
🏍️ A 13-year-old racer guns for a national motocross title
Trivia: Which is the only sea on Earth with no land coastline — its boundaries defined entirely by ocean currents? (Answer at the bottom!)
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Your week-ahead guide to Thunder Bay. ✅ The smoke has eased and it's a warm stretch — a great week to get back outside. (Regional fires are still burning, so a wind shift could still change an outdoor plan.)
Monday, July 27
JUL 27 · Waverley Park Concert Series — 6–9 p.m. · 📍 Waverley Park (outdoor) · Free · Free open-air music on the lawn; this week features Phil Drost and Brother John · 📅 Add to Calendar
Tuesday, July 28
JUL 28 · OPP Shuttle Run — 6–7 p.m. · 📍 Confederation College, 1450 Nakina Dr · Try the 20m Léger shuttle-run fitness test alongside the OPP — all welcome · 📅 Add to Calendar
Wednesday, July 29
JUL 29 · Live on the Waterfront — 6–9 p.m. · 📍 Marina Park / Prince Arthur's Landing (outdoor) · Free · The city's premier summer concert series returns with live music, food trucks and local artisans · 📅 Add to Calendar
Thursday, July 30
JUL 30 · Midnight Market at Goods & Co. — from 7 p.m. · 📍 Goods & Co. Market, 250 Park Ave · A late-evening market of local makers, food and drink under one roof · 📅 Add to Calendar
Friday, July 31
JUL 31 · Stan Rogers: A Matter of Heart (closing night) — 7:30 p.m. · 📍 Magnus Theatre, 10 Algoma St S · $40–$45 · Final performance of Magnus Theatre's acclaimed all-Thunder-Bay tribute to the folk legend · 📅 Add to Calendar
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⚠️ HEADS UP — THUNDERSTORM RISK & HIGH UV
No major Environment Canada warning is posted for Monday, but there's a risk of an afternoon thunderstorm and the UV index climbs to 8 (very high). Sunscreen and a weather eye if you're heading outside — and after weeks of haze, air quality is back in the normal range.
🌤️ Monday, July 27 — Thunder Bay
25°C
Humidex 31 · Overnight low 14°C · Winds light
Sun & cloud · 30% chance of showers · afternoon thunderstorm risk · UV 8 (very high)
A warm, mixed Monday. Expect a mix of sun and cloud with a 30% chance of showers and a risk of an afternoon thunderstorm; any morning fog patches should burn off early. Look for a high near 25°C (Humidex 31), light winds, and a very high UV index of 8 — sunscreen weather whenever the sun breaks through. Best news of all: no air-quality alert in effect after weeks of haze. The rest of the week warms up — sunny and 26°C Tuesday, climbing toward 28°C by Friday. Full forecast and any new alerts at Environment Canada.
A donation drive rallies for wildfire-hit communities
With wildfires still keeping thousands from home, Thunder Bay has answered with an outpouring of help. Volunteers at the KKETS donation centre on Beaverhall Place have spent days sorting mountains of food, clothing and supplies bound for evacuees from Whitesand, Mishkeegogamang, Cat Lake, Neskantaga, Marten Falls, Webequie and other communities. The United Way of Thunder Bay's Northwestern Ontario Wildfire Community Support Fund has already blown past its goal — more than $60,000 raised, with an anonymous donor pledging to triple-match new gifts up to $18,000. Item donations are accepted at 670 Beaverhall Place, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. weekdays.
A doctor and MPP heads north to keep an ER open
When word spread that some northwestern Ontario emergency departments were at risk of temporary closure during the wildfire crisis, Dr. Adil Shamji did something unusual for a sitting politician — he showed up to work the shifts. The Don Valley East MPP, who is also an emergency physician and the Ontario Liberals' health critic, treated wildfire evacuees and patients without a family doctor, warning that without physicians stepping in, some people would have arrived to “locked doors.” He's calling for stable, predictable staffing and for training more doctors in the northern communities that need them most.
You can't put an N95 mask on a chicken
Heatwaves and smoky skies have made for a nerve-wracking summer on the region's poultry farms — chickens don't sweat, and their sensitive lungs leave them prone to smoke-triggered infections. Provincial poultry specialist Al Dam says the tricks of the trade include adding electrolytes to the water days ahead of a heat event, running fans, misting birds like rain to get them on their feet, and pulling feed during the hottest hours. Smoke is tougher — “we can't put an N95 mask on a chicken,” he notes. The good news: proactive farms like Gerber Farms near Fort Frances say they haven't lost a single bird this season.
A 13-year-old racer guns for a national motocross title
Thunder Bay's Rheid Newbold has found her happy place at full throttle. The 13-year-old has qualified for the 45th annual Loretta Lynn's Amateur National Motocross Championship in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee (Aug. 3–8) — and she's the only Canadian in the Girls 11-to-16 division. Local sponsor Excalibur Motorcycle Works, which gave her a send-off last week, calls it “the equivalent of qualifying for the world juniors in hockey,” all the more impressive given the region's six months of winter. With her family driving up to nine hours for races, Rheid says she's just hoping for “deep ruts and a good track” — and dreams of the pro Women's Motocross Championship one day.
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Trivia answer: The Sargasso Sea. In the middle of the North Atlantic, it's the only sea on Earth with no land borders — its edges are defined by four ocean currents that swirl around it (the North Atlantic Gyre). It's named for the free-floating Sargassum seaweed that drifts across its calm, deep-blue surface.