http://www.lakesuperiornews.comLake Superior News provides news around the Lake Superior area including Thunder Bay, Duluth, Sault St. Marie and other communites in the Lake Superior Regionen-USCopyright 2007 ~ 2008 by <a href="http://LakeSuperiorProjects.com">Computer Resources Inc.<a>info@northernontarioregion.com THUNDER BAY, ON - December 3, 2008 - Duluth, Minn., U.S.A. – Tonnage figures through the end of October have just been released and, looking at the big picture, shipments through the Port of Duluth-Superior were lagging just two percent behind last year’s totals, according to the Duluth Seaway Port Authority.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 03 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=580 THUNDER BAY, ON - December 3, 2008 - OTTAWA – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and International Cheese Co. Ltd. are warning the public not to consume Santa Lucia brand Ricotta Cheese because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 03 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=581 THUNDER BAY, ON - December 3, 2008 - Two Minnesota men have each been fined $2,000 after pleading guilty to unlawfully discharging a firearm from a motorboat. Lee Becker, 64, and Douglas Freitag, 58, both from Angle Inlet, Minnesota, have also been banned from hunting in Ontario for a year.  Their two firearms will be returned when the fines are paid.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 03 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=582 THUNDER BAY, ON - December 2, 2008 - McGuinty Government Provides $863,958 To Thunder Bay- Superior North  and Thunder Bay- Aitikokan  HIV/AIDS Service Organizations Residents of Thunder Bay-Superior North  and Thunder Bay-Aitikokan  will have better access to community-based HIV/AIDS education and support services.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 02 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=577 THUNDER BAY, ON - December 2, 2008 - “The announcement today by Kruger that they will be shutting down their operation in Longlac (LWI) on January 31st, 2009 is devastating news for the community of Greenstone, and particularly difficult news for the 130 workers and their families employed at Longlac Wood Industries.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 02 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=578 THUNDER BAY, ON - December 2, 2008 - EcoSuperior is here to help you change what’s in your makeup bag and on your bathroom shelf.  Take a moment to think about all the personal care products you currently use—soaps and bodywashes, toothpaste and mouthwash, deodorants, lotion and moisturizers, eye shadow, lip gloss, aftershave, perfume, sunscreen, hair colouring—an astonishing mix of chemicals that we smooth, pat, slosh, dab, spray and brush onto ourselves every day.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 02 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=579 THUNDER BAY, ON --- November 30, 2008 -- Thunder Bay’s Messiah was a joint production presented by Lakehead University and the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. Handel’s Messiah was presented at St. Paul’s United Church Friday evening and then again on Saturday afternoon. I chose the Saturday afternoon Messiah. Both events were well attended and organizers should be pleased with the results.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSun, 30 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=576 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 28, 2008 - Robert More’s play “A Matter of Time” is now at Thunder Bay’s Magnus Theatre. Directed by Mary Francis Moore this production has plenty of Thunder Bay talent. Formerly from the city herself, she has cast two Westgate High School students in the prominent roles of the Kidney family’s teenage daughters. Kalena Nett and Stefani Donohue distinguished themselves in a student production at Magnus about anti-racism in the play “Closing the Distance”. Now they are back in a professional production.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 28 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=573 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 28, 2008 - FACT SHEET, Ministry of Natural Resources COMMON BATS FOUND IN ONTARIO • The most common bats found in Ontario are the Little Brown Bat and the Big Brown Bat.  The less common species are the Eastern Pipistrelle, Silver-haired Bat, Hoary Bat, Eastern Red Bat, Eastern Small-footed Bat, and Northern Long-eared Bat.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 28 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=574 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 28, 2008 - Wildlife is an important part of Ontario’s natural and cultural heritage.  Wildlife is often a welcome addition to a landowner’s property, but there are circumstances under which some wildlife can become a problem. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 28 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=575 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 27, 2008 - , ON. Concern over the potential dismantling of the Pass Lake Trestle was expressed by representatives of municipalities, trail groups, first nations and other stakeholders at an exploratory meeting held to consider future possibilities for the CN Kinghorn Line. The CN Kinghorn rail line, running between Long Lac and Thunder Bay, was discontinued in 2004, and despite efforts by the Municipality of Greenstone to purchase or sell the line, CN began removing the rail in Oct 2008. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 27 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=572 THUNDER BAY, ON  —  November 26, 2008 -- Take A Hike and students at Lakehead University have paired up once again in support the 7th annual Socks for Shelter House campaign. The campaign’s goal is to see that every homeless man, woman and child in Thunder Bay receives a new pair of warm winter socks for Christmas.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 26 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=571 THUNDER BAY, ON -- November  25, 2008 -- The concert billed as “Bravissimo! Italian Bravura” featuring virtuoso violinist Jeremy Bell filled expectations of the audience gathered at St. Paul’s United church Saturday night. Over the past few years the Consortium Aurora Borealis has been able to raise the quality bar for its programming, we have a Thunder Bay based baroque ensemble that is unique for a city our size.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 25 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=570 THUNDER BAY, ON - November, 25, 2008 - Have you noticed that we’re all speaking in short forms? The online dictionary of abbreviations lists 662,000 acronyms in 11 categories, including one of “modern slang”. I couldn’t resist. I had to peek.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 25 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=567 THUNDER BAY, ON - November, 25, 2008 - The Township of Nipigon is partnering with the Red Rock Indian Band to undertake an economic diversification study with assistance from the Ontario government.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 25 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=568 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 25, 2008 - Lisa LeMarquand professes that she’s built her life differently than most.  She owned a business before she was 30, turned a run down mansion into an exclusive country inn by bringing in over a million shareholder dollars and had her first child at 37.  In hindsight, she admits that she probably turned shareholders off because she couldn’t keep her mouth shut and came across as a know-it-all.  Diplomacy was not her strong suit, but now, in her forties, she admits to seeing herself changing. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 25 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=569 THUNDER BAY, ON -- November 23, 2008 -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) a $500,000 civil penalty for failed to immediately report  defective outdoor candles.   CPSC alleged that IKEA failed to report to the government in a timely manner that outdoor candles sold by the firm could unexpectedly flare up and pose fire and burn injury hazards to consumers, when they attempted to extinguish the candles by blowing them out.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSun, 23 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=566   THUNDER BAY, ON -- November 22, 2008 --- Once more the truck from the Piano House in Burlington is in Thunder Bay. It has become an annual event, and one that local piano buyers look forward to. There are people who do not like this type of business visiting our city, they are in music related retail stores in our city, and they have a vested interest in having music customers come to them on their terms. Over night a visit from the Piano House truck can change their entire business play. On display at the Community Auditorium is a wide selection of pianos, all kinds of pianos, uprights, grands, and electronic pianos. The Piano house sells enough pianos that they can offer their own house brand pianos, built with German action parts and strings, and quality wood in China. They can sell these pianos here new for about half the cost of a competing piano from Japan.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSat, 22 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=564 THUNDER BAY, ON ---  November 22, 2009 -- Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences offers more bang for your click with slick new website. Each year, over $1 million is donated to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation.  You can learn how those donations support excellence in healthcare for the people of Northwestern Ontario.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSat, 22 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=565 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 20, 2008 - It has been awhile since new vessels have been introduced to the seaway. The MV Blackie shown here loading Canola at the Viterra C terminal is the first of 16 new Chinese built vessels specifically designed to navigate the Great Lakes. The Montreal company Canfornav will operate this vessel, and they plan to have 15 more to join it soon. Like most shipping on the great lakes these days each ship tells a complex story. The vessel is owned and managed by the Greek company Navarone SA. It is flagged from Limmasol Cyprus. read more...> http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 20 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=562 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 20, 2008 - Danotek PM Generator and electronic power converter ANN ARBOR, MI--(Marketwire - November 19, 2008) - Bolstering its contribution of high-efficiency and cost-saving generators to the $37 billion wind industry, Danotek Motion Technologies has raised $14.5 million from CMEA Ventures, StatoilHydro (NYSE: STO) unit StatoilHydro Venture and GE (NYSE: GE) unit GE Energy Financial Services. Danotek's generators can spur the wind equipment market by increasing wind turbines' efficiency, while radically reducing their maintenance and operating costs. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 20 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=563 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 19, 2008 - On Tuesday I had the pleasure to interview Dr. Jaro Kotalik. Today he is a Bio-Ethicist based out of Lakehead University. Much of his work involves the tough decisions that need to be made during a medical crisis, such as a pandemic flu outbreak. Our conversation visited topics such as social distancing, rationing resources, and first access to vaccines and anti-viral medicines.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 19 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=560 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 19, 2008 - Tuesday’s recital at Lakehead University’s Jean McNulty recital was exceptional. This academic year represents the 20th year of the existence of a music faculty at the University, and the school has been bringing in exceptional Canadian talent to help celebrate and mentor its students.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 19 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=561 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 18, 2008 - I have not yet met a single person who is the perfect time management role model.  So you may as well give in to the frustration, and come to terms with the fact that you – yes you – are probably not going to be the champion of the clock.  That said, all I have to do is to observe you for 24 hours and watch your clock and your compass in action.  Your future may be more predictable than you think!     http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 18 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=557 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 18, 2008 - Since forming in the spring of 2008, Library Voices have been operating at a feverish pace. This pop collective recorded a 3 song demo, released the EP Hunting Ghosts (& Other Collected Shorts), participated in several high profile festivals and showcases, played a CBC Radio 3 event with Chad VanGaalen, and toured western Canada. In addition the band shot a television commercial for their single 'Step Off The Map & Float' to promote the Regina Folk Festival and was awarded a grant by the Saskatchewan Arts Board to record a full length follow up. Most recently they were featured as one of SPIN Magazine's Undiscovered Bands You Need To Hear Now!   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 18 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=558 THUNDER BAY, ON -- November 18,  2008 --- There are lots of reasons to buy Canadian food - to support local farmers and landscapes, to keep money in our economy and to be more sure of food safety. For those who want to reduce our ecological and carbon footprints, one of our most powerful options is to eat local, unprocessed food. The current North American food industry is astonishingly dependent on cheap petroleum, and much less efficient in its use of oil than our grandparents were. In 1940, 10 calories of fossil-fuel produced 23 calories of food. Now, due to food processing, packaging and transportation, the same amount of fossil-fuel produces only 1 calorie of supermarket food.    read more....> http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 18 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=559   THUNDER BAY ON, -- November 17,2009  --  We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory but nobody, other than ourselves, knows which of these numbers belong to our closest family or friends. If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people attending us would have our mobile phone but wouldn't know who to call. Yes, there are hundreds of numbers stored but which one is the contact person in case of an emergency? Hence this "ICE" (In Case of Emergency) Campaign.  read more ....> http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 17 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=556 THUNDER BAY ON, -- November 16, 2008 -- In western Canada there is a mining company with the hiring slogan “Come here go far”, I am beginning to think that would be a progressive slogan for our own Lakehead University. The concert billed as a fund raiser, was organized by Eric Rikko the church’s music director. Eric has a talent for smoothly organizing a concert. He put together a varied evening that was full of music surprises, as performer after another contributed to a rich vista of musical talent that made up the evening.   read more......> http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSun, 16 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=555 THUNDER BAY, ON -- November 14,  2008 -- The Aboriginal People’s Choice Music Awards held this fall at Winnipeg’s MTS Centre was full of talent, and surprises. One surprise was how well singer song-writer Shy-Anne Hovorka did at this event. A native of Red Lake, Shy-Anne now calls Thunder Bay home as she focuses on developing her music and her message. This Friday I had the privilege of interviewing Shy-Anne Hovorka, here is part of the conversation.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 14 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=554 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 13, 2008 - Concurrent Education student Dave Grad has been recognized as a leader at a recent international conference held in Boston.  David is one of nine Undergraduate Student Leadership Award recipients across North America.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 13 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=553 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 12, 2008 – Lakehead University chemistry professor Dr. Aicheng Chen has been awarded the Fred Beamish Award by the Canadian Society for Chemistry.  The award represents the latest in a long list of honours bestowed upon Dr. Chen. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 12 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=550 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 12, 2008 - Last Sunday, Lakeview Presbyterian music director Diane Laaksonen presented the Bach Cantata “Sleepers Awake” The 3:00 p.m. benefit concert features guest performances by Karyn soprano Karyn Bailey, organist Susan Marrier, Dulcisono women’s choir, and members of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra.  The Cantata placed at the end of the program, featured Karen Benson, Dean Jobin-Bevans, and Justin Stolz in the solo roles.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 12 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=551 THUNDER BAY, ON, ---  November 12, 2008 --  Wilson’s Food was convicted of two counts of illegally selling sausages that contained meat from white-tailed deer and moose. Conservation officers and inspectors from the Thunder Bay District Health Unit executed a search warrant and confiscated about 30 kilograms of sausages.   read more.....> http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 12 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=552 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 12, 2008 - What would it take for you to walk a mile in our Canadian troops' army boots on Remembrance Day?     The men and women of the Canadian Forces have demonstrated time and again that they will rise to any challenge.  I would like to challenge you to take eleven minutes today to let your Canadian Forces members know you appreciate their service.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 12 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=549 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 10, 2008 - Aaron Dus, MA, Ontario College of Art & Design will be speaking at Ottawa House on Friday, November 14, at  12:00 Noon. Imagine your observations and insights could tangibly inspire and influence the way you and your business relate to your customers' needs.     http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 10 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=548 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 8, 2008 - Platinum was supposed to be one of the stars in the economy of the northwest, but economic volatility has tarnished the shine of this precious metal. The metal trading as high as $2,327 US an ounce in March traded for as little as $1,551 US an ounce in the quarter ending in June. In October the metal lost even more of its luster trading for as little as $832 US an ounce. How can a business operate in such an environment? It is not only the product that is experiencing volatility but our currencies are changing. The Canadian dollar has climbed almost a dime over the past week!     http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSat, 08 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=545 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 8, 2008 - Despite their firm commitment during the recent election campaign to keep the budget balanced, the governing Conservatives are increasingly wavering on whether Canada will soon plunge back into the red.  They don’t need to.  The federal government need only look back to the situation inherited by Jean Chrétien’s government in 1993 as a present day guide to keeping the books in the black. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSat, 08 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=546 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 8, 2008 - OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning people with allergies to milk not to consume the non-dairy Coffee Creamers and Coffee Mixes described below. The affected products contain milk which is not declared on the label.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSat, 08 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=547 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 7, 2008 - Vancouver, B.C.  Preserving the environment was the cornerstone of the recent Ecotourism & Sustainable Tourism Conference (October 27-29), which was held for the first time in Canada in the beautiful west-coast city of Vancouver. This major event was organized by the International Ecotourism Society based in Washington, D.C., and attracted delegates from as far away as Japan, Germany, Africa and Australia.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 07 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=543 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 7, 2008 - THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF NIPIGON - Community Economic Development Office Dear Representative of Local Business, Community or Government,   The CN Kinghorn line can continue to be an important part of industry in our region, although it has not been operational for some time. Efforts to preserve the railway are ongoing, however, the rails are being pulled and it may be an opportune time to consider converting the rail corridor to a multi-use recreational trail.  http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 07 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=544 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 6, 2008 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following  consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.     http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 06 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=541   THUNDER BAY, ON - November 6, 2008 - Lakehead University researchers have recently received provincial funding for a cutting-edge project entitled, "Developing beneficial uses for waste from natural resources." The Ontario Research Fund (ORF) has awarded $136,526 in support of the project. The funding will be used toward the purchase of an XRD analyzer.  The analyzer uses X-rays to study the atomic and molecular structure of crystalline substances such as ceramics, stone, sediments, and weathering products on metals. The new equipment will be used for research on developmental and environmental challenges arising from the development of Canada's mineral and bio-feedstocks.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 06 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=542 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 5, 2008 - If you’re looking for leverage, the day called “Tuesday” is your sweet spot. Tuesday is the gateway to a multitude of advantages.  As the old saying goes, “It’s all in the timing.”   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 05 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=540 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 4, 2008 - Grades 5 and 6 students at St. John’s Catholic School in Red Lake learned all about biodiversity and the components of the environment from two Ministry of Natural Resources Red Lake District staff members on October 28, 2008. Robert Partridge, a forester, spoke to the students about trees and their ecology while Renee Bausch, a biologist, spoke about vertebrates including their different classes, mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles and birds, and how they differ.  Afterwards, the students went on a nature walk to test their knowledge.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 04 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=534 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 4, 2008 - A North Bay man has been fined $2,000 for accessing a restricted lake and illegally leaving boats on the lake. Dave Racicot, who did not attend his trial, was fined $500 on each of four counts of disobeying a sign contrary to the Public Lands Act.   He was convicted on two counts of leaving a boat on a lake where a boat cache restriction applied and two counts for accessing a lake where an access restriction was in place from May 1 to October 31. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 04 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=535 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 4, 2008 - Some of Lakehead University students are taking to the street Wednesday to protest the rising cost of post‐secondary education and its impact on students and families. Students are rallying in the University Agora at 10a.m. for a march to MPP Micheal Gravelle’s office. Of particular concern to students is the increasing burden of the costs of education and financial aid loans, explains President Richard Longtin, “ In fact for every $1000 dollar increase in tuition 19% of low income students choose not to go to university, which is an absolute tragedy.” Longtin went on to explain that student loan debt is at all time high in Canada with student debt reaching almost $13,000,000.”     http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 04 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=536 THUNDER BAY, ON - November 4, 2008 - Polar bears, the symbol of the arctic wilderness, live on all the arctic seas and coasts, including areas from the Yukon to Labrador, north to Ellesmere Island, and south to James Bay. There are approximately fourteen populations, totalling 15,000 bears in Canada, and over 1,000 of these are found in Northern Ontario alone.  However, recent concerns over the health of the polar bear in general have put them on Manitoba's threatened species list, and have given them "threatened" status on the United States Endangered Species List.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 04 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=537   THUNDER BAY, ON - November 4, 2008 - CTF Releases Property Tax Reform Proposal to Protect Residential and Commercial Ratepayers Poll shows 70% of Ontarions Support Property Tax Cap TOROTNO: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) released a property Tax Cap proposal today, calling on provincial governments across Canada to limit property tax increases to no more than the rate of inflation. The proposal freezes residential property tax rates and creates a new sales-price based assessment process tied to the rate of inflation. The proposal further calls for the equalization of rates across property classifications, for rules to allow citizens to vote on local tax levels, and the adoption of more user-based funding for local services.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 04 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=538   THUNDER BAY, ON,  -- November 4, 2008 --- The husband and wife team of Benjamin (piano) and Kristen Mueller-Heaslip (soprano) presented a great concert of modern music at Tuesday’s Lumina Concert. Kristen Mueller-Heaslip is beginning to reap the benefits of many years of dedication hard work. For many, graduating from the University of Toronto Department of Music would be a life-time accomplishment, but for Kristin this is just a step along the way. The present concert tour is part of the prize for being an Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition winner.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 04 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=539   THUNDER BAY ON, --- November 3, 2008 ---- Time behind the baton is the most precious commodity for an aspiring conductor. Stéphane Potvin is conductor in residence of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. On November 1st, Stéphane presented “Symphony Sunday” at St. Paul’s United Church.    read more.....> http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 03 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=533 THUNDER BAY, -- October 31, 2008 ---It all started when a few boulders in the Current Lake area tested positive for PMG. For prospectors, PMG stands for Platinum Metal group, which includes Platinum, Palladium, Copper and Nickel. Ever since the discovery of the boulders, the Australian junior mining company Magma Metals has been hot on the trail for the source of these boulders.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 31 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=532 THUNDER BAY,  ON - October 29, 2008 - Joanne Kembel, Executive Director of United Way of Thunder Bay, is thrilled with the results of the weekend food drive. “This massive effort reflects United Way’s ability to work collaboratively with community organizations by providing an immediate response to address critical needs as soon as they are identified.”  http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 29 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=531 THUNDER BAY, ON - October 28, 2008 - Six southern Ontario moose hunters have been fined $1,500 after pleading guilty to illegally leaving a hunt camp on Crown land in the Dryden area.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 28 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=529 THUNDER BAY, ON - October 28, 2008 - (North Bay, Ontario)  Wood WORKS! is pleased to announce the nominees for the 8th Annual Ontario Wood WORKS! Awards. The 2008 awards will be presented during the 8th Annual Awards Gala in Toronto on Wednesday, November 12, in the Cohen Ballroom at the Toronto Congress Centre (award presentation at 6:30 pm). The Wood WORKS! Awards celebrate excellence and innovation in Ontario's wood-based construction and design, recognizing people and organizations dedicated to pioneering and preserving the use of wood.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 28 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=530 THUNDER BAY, ON - October 27, 2008 - McGuinty Government Makes Newly Renovated Fish Culture Station A Reality A newly modernized and expanded Dorion Fish Culture Station is now open. The station is the centrepiece of the Ontario government’s efforts to sustain native fish species in the Great Lakes. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 27 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=527   THUNDER BAY, ON, -- October 26, 2008  This is the third in a series of articles, on the five business areas of Thunder Bay, Downtown, Port Arthur, Bay Street, Fort William, Simpson Street  and Westfort.  It is in these areas that most of the locally own business are located.  Their Corporate Head Offices are located around a kitchen table here in Thunder Bay.     http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSun, 26 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=526 THUNDER BAY, ON, -- October 24, 2008  -- Tomson Highway’s play “The Rez Sisters” reflects the anguish, sorrow, and the base humour of seven women on an imaginary reserve. A product of the residential schools system, Tomson Highway started out as a classical pianist. Later he became a dedicated community worker. When he put pen to paper and crafted four plays, “The Rez Sisters”, Dry Lips Oughta move to Kapuskasing” “Rose” and “Ernistine Shuswap gets her Trout” he dramatically returned to the arts as a playwright.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSat, 25 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=525 THUNDER BAY, ON - October 24, 2008 - The final presentation of the Health Sciences Discovery Fund GEEE! In GENOME Speakers’ Series There are good business and healthcare arguments supporting genetic testing, but most consider genetic counseling to be a critical component. Genetic and genomic tests are becoming widely available both in the clinic and through companies like 23andMe and Navigenics. But just how useful is the information they provide? How can consumers and patients understand the results?   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 24 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=522 THUNDER BAY, ON -  October 24, 2008 - McGuinty Government Invests In Flour Mill to Benefit Local Farmers Grain producers in the Thunder Bay region can now transform their crops closer to home with the launch of a new flour mill operation in the area. The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) is contributing $25,000 to Brule Creek Farms near Kakabeka Falls to operate a flour mill.  The project includes the purchase of equipment and furnishings as well as advertising costs.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 24 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=523 THUNDER BAY, ON, ---  October 24 2008  ---  On Sunday evening the Thunder Bay chapter of the Royal Canadian College of Organists presented a members recital. For this evening of music they chose the organ at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, this year the church and its historic pipe organ will celebrate 100 years. Ironically the RCCO will also celebrate 100 years at next summer’s convention in Toronto. The RCCO is Canada’s oldest musical association, beginning in 1909 as the Canadian Guild of Organists.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 24 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=524   THUNDER BAY, ON - October 23, 2008 - Findings believed to have broad applications to human physiology and disease.  An international team of scientists has discovered that cells inside the blood vessels of mice – as well as in people – naturally produce hydrogen sulfide or H2S, a gas with the smell of rotten eggs, and this gas controls blood pressure. The research team comprises scientists from Lakehead University in Ontario, University of Saskatchewan, and Johns Hopkins.     http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 23 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=520 THUNDER BAY, ON, -- October 24, 2008 -- The announcement earlier this week that North American Palladium  is closing its Lac des Isles Mine north of Thunder Bay came as a shock to the 350 or so workers who will be laid off. The mine produces Platinum and Palladium and other metals from its ore. The major use for Platinum and Palladium at present is for catalytic converter found in automotive exhaust systems. If the auto industry is stalled then there is less demand for these metals.     http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 23 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=521 THUNDER BAY, ON - October 24, 2008 - Toronto:  The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) today responded to the Ontario government's Fall Economic Statement which announced Ontario will deliver a $500 million deficit, despite having increased taxes and having seen government revenues climb 42% in six years. CTF Ontario Director Kevin Gaudet said, "the premier is borrowing today so taxpayers of tomorrow will pay for his bad spending habits of the past six years." Gaudet continued, "The 2008/09 budget set spending at $96.2 billion with an $800 million reserve. Revenues are now projected to be $96. The only reason Ontario is going into deficit is because the Premier refuses to stick to his budget targets by spending over budget. He has blown past budgeted spending in every one of his budgets to date. That is why Ontario is back in the red."   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 23 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=516 THUNDER BAY, ON - October 24, 2008 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rage Wireless Guitars used with popular video gaming system recalled due to chemical burn risk. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 23 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=517 THUNDER BAY, ON - October 24, 2008 - Cornwall, Ontario (October 23, 2008) - The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) is pleased to announce that its unionized employees, members of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union, ratified a three-year labour agreement on October 22.   Adoption of the contract, which covers the period     April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2011, paves the way for continued progress in Seaway initiatives to modernize the system and improve its competitive position within the transportation sector.     http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 23 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=518     THUNDER BAY, ON - October 24, 2008 - A new filter will improve comfort, generate savings, and ensure your furnace fan has a longer life. As the warm weather gradually recedes, Ontarians are preparing for the inevitable snow and cold temperatures. Green$aver, Toronto's leader in environmental energy efficiency and home energy audits would like to remind homeowners that household winter preparation should also include replacing the furnace filter. A simple check can provide valuable benefits.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 23 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=519 THUNDER BAY, ON - October 22, 2008 - (Sudbury, Ontario) – An urgent need to attract students to the Earth sciences is sparking a national contest for Canadian youth. Sponsored by EnCana Corporation and Teck Cominco Limited and in celebration of the International Year of Planet Earth and National Science & Technology Week, the WHERE Challenge is designed to get young people aged 10 – 14 years thinking about what on Earth is in their stuff and WHERE on Earth it comes from. The hope is that by encouraging bright young minds to think about the many ways the Earth’s resources support everyday life, the Challenge will also encourage students to consider Earth sciences as an exciting educational and career opportunity. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 22 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=513 THUNDER BAY, ON - Ocotber 22, 2008 - Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officers laid 40 charges against hunters and anglers during the first three days of the moose-hunting season in the Thunder Bay area. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 22 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=514   THUNDER BAY, ON - October 22, 2008 – Success breeds success, for Geology Professor Dr. Pete Hollings.  Last June Hollings received the William Harvey Gross Award, given for significant contributions in the field of economic geology.  As a result of winning the Gross Award, the Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay is now recognizing him as a Citizen of Exceptional Achievement.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 22 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=515   THUNDER BAY, ON, -- October 21, 2008 -- The 07/08 Report examines new regulations for the financing of municipal water systems, a new but insufficient fee for commercial water uses and a water-taking application by a large water bottler that produced an unprecedented response from citizens concerned about their water resources. "As Ontario's water resources come under increasing stress, our policies still seriously undervalue water and don't reflect its critical importance to the ecosystem, the economy and our quality of life," warned Miller. "The Ontario public needs and deserves to be confident that our environmental protection systems are actually doing the job - but there are clearly areas of weakness," stated Ontario's Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller as he released his 2007/08 Annual Report "Getting to K(No)w" at Queens's Park this morning.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 21 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=510 THUNDER BAY, ON, -- October 21, 2008 ---  Our harbour has been relatively quiet this summer with noticeably fewer boats paying a visit to Thunder Bay. Over the summer I have been told that there is a shortage of vessels and many of these ships were delivering iron ore and steel making ingredients to various ports of call around the great lakes.  I was surprised when I checked the AIS page to see six ships in habour and two inbound ships. Not all of these ships come here for grain, as we might assume. Some are delivering salt from Windsor, and cement is off loaded here at the LaFarge terminal. Some boats come for high-grade low sulphur coal, used for power generation and the making of steel.     http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 21 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=511 THUNDER BAY, ON - October 19, 2008 - Sunday’s workshop at Lakehead University on the playing of Bach two and three part inventions could have been a boring academic adventure. Instead harpsichord virtuoso Eric Lussier kept the nearly full Jean McNulty recital hall on the edge of their seats as he delivered a modern analysis and interpretation of these 30 pieces by J.S. Bach. The inventions written by Bach as training pieces for his children, are used for the same purposes today as list "A" pieces in conservatory piano courses. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 21 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=512 THUNDER BAY, ON - October 20, 2008 - With the driving forces of the economy and politics at the forefront of our minds, we should be slapping yellow and black dummy stickers on our foreheads.  It’s time to admit that we are a little more stupid than we’ve been lead to believe. Now, that’s not an insult.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 20 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=507 THUNDER BAY, ON, -- October, 18, 2008 -- Eric Lussier returns to Thunder Bay's Consortium Aurora Borealis for a concert of Bach. Saturday night’s performance programmed some of my favourite music. The concert opened with and closed with a Bach Brandenburg concerto, and if I was to spend time on a desert island these two concertos would be on my music list.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 20 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=508 THUNDER BAY, ON, -- ORILLIA, ON -- October 20, 2008 –  Lakehead University is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Brian Jeffs to the position of Assistant Vice-President (Administration & Finance) – a newly created role which commences October 20, 2008.  Located in Orillia, this position will be responsible for financial and operational oversight for Lakehead University Orillia Campus.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 20 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=509 THUNDER BAY, ON -- Nipigon, ON. --  October 17, 2008  --  Dignitary, Funding agencies and the community at Large gathered at the site of the Future Paddle to the sea Theme Park for the official ground breaking ceremony. “This project has been a long time in coming and has been a lot of work to get off the ground but we are very excited to finally be underway.” commented Mayor Richard Harvey. “Projects such as these are integral to the economic recovery and diversification of our community.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSun, 19 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=505 THUNDER BAY, ON, -- Ottawa - October 19, 2008 --- "The federal government has delivered on its promise to ban bisphenol A in baby bottles and deserves congratulations today. With this step, Canada leads the world," said Dr. Rick Smith, Executive Director of Environmental Defence. "Parents across the country have won an enormous battle." The government of Canada made a precedent-setting announcement by banning a known toxic chemical from baby bottles. The chemical, bisphenol A (BPA), is commonly found in plastic baby bottles, hard plastic sippy cups, reusable water bottles, the lining of some food cans, and dental sealants. The announcement was published in the Canada Gazette, the official newspaper of the Government of Canada ( http://canadagazette.gc.ca/index-e.html )    read more......> http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSun, 19 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=506 THUNDER BAY, ON, -- October 18, 2008 -- Diane Laaksonen has formed a “Cantata Choir” for those who love to sing. The choir will sing, Bach’s immortal cantata 140 “Wachet Auf”. (Sleepers Awake!) The choir consists of singers Diane has worked with over her many years in Thunder Bay. She is Librarian for the TBSO, and her other job is organist and music director at Lakeview Presbyterian Church. The amount of space available at the front of the church limits the number of musicians who can participate. The Bach cantata will be a challenge for the thirty or so singers in the chorus, but the bulk of the cantata will be carried by the soloists, Dean Jobin-Bevans, Karen Benson, and Justin Stoltz. The organ part will be played by Susan Marrier, Madonna Lee will play 1st violin, and Colleen Gibson will play the oboe solo. Other members of the orchestra will be recruited from the community.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=504 THUNDER BAY, ON - October 17, 2008 - The season opener is titled “Musical Genius”. By concerts end I was wondering just what the “genius” referred to. Was it the music of composers represented on the program? Certainly Mozart’s Overture to the Magic Flute would qualify as a work of genius, but no more than Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto or Schubert’s Great C+ Symphony? Perhaps it was the incredible talent of Erica Raum, an all Canadian violinist, but then the back up band, the TBSO is pretty great too. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 17 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=500 THUNDER BAY, ON - October 17, 2008 - A presentation of the Health Sciences Discovery Fund GEEE! In GENOME Speakers’ Series Fewer and fewer students are taking science classes in high school and university. Why? How will this trend impact the future work force? How can we begin to address this growing challenge?  Join the discussion and find the answers at the next presentation in the Health Sciences Discovery Fund GEEE! In GENOME Speakers’ Series. Let’s Talk Science: Declining Student Enrolment in Science and Technology will be presented at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, October 22 with guest speaker Dr. Bonnie Schmidt and a panel of educators.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 17 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=501   THUNDER BAY, ON - October 17, 2008 - It has been 90 years since the Group of Seven lived in a boxcar on the Algoma Central Railway and painted the serene landscape of the Algoma highlands.  To celebrate this anniversary, the Coalition for Algoma Passenger Trains (CAPT), in partnership with Searchmont Resort and Algoma Fall Festival held a very successful sell-out event with a full day of activities on September 28.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 17 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=502 THUNDER BAY, ON - October 17, 2008 - The McGuinty government is only a long jump away from leading Ontario back into deficit, yet it still believes spending - yet un-budgeted - $1.7 billion on the 2015 Pan Am Games is a prudent financial move. Dropping large sums of money on fun and entertainment with little or no return is anything but prudent. During uncertain times families tighten their belts and protect their cash - starting with the entertainment budget. That is what good financial managers do. The premier should do the same; shore up the fiscal position in Ontario, control spending, lower taxes and establish the fundamentals necessary to keep the budget balanced and spur the economy. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 17 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=503 THUNDER BAY, ON - October 16 2008 - This year’s Waste Reduction Week will be celebrated by communities across Canada from October 19-25.  The Zero Waste Action Team of Thunder Bay, the City of Thunder Bay’s Transportation and Works Dept. and EcoSuperior are co-ordinating their efforts to promote waste reduction and diversion in our community throughout Waste Reduction Week.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 16 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=498 THUNDER BAY, ON - October 16, 2008 - SUDBURY, ON – A retired Vale Inco miner will be holding a book signing event at Dynamic Earth, Home of the Big Nickel, on Saturday, October 18th from 1 pm to 4 pm.  Members of the public, and representatives from the media, are invited to meet the author, Hans Brasch, in person.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 16 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=499 THUNDER BAY, ON, --  October 15, 2008 -- When Canadian's went to bed Tuesday night Prime Minister Stephen Harper was leading with 144 seats give him another Tory minority government  The Liberals had 74 seats with the NDP with 38, the Greens with 7 and the Block with 50 seats.   Bruce Hyder NDP   Greg Rickford PC   John Rafferty MNP http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 15 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=495 THUNDER BAY, ON - October 15, 2008 - Its Tuesday after school, and Kieran Somerfield and friends are using the last few minutes before rehearsal to warm up their instrument. Jane Saunders director of the Thunder Bay Youth Symphony has been conducting this orchestra through some turbulent times with success. The orchestra once based from the Fort William Collegiate School has moved to Hammarskjold High School.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 15 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=496 THUNDER BAY, ON, --- October,  15, 2008 -- Over 2,000 people dropped by the new Downtown Artisans & Farmers Market when it opened its doors on Saturday, October 4th at 507 E. Victoria Avenue.  The year-round market will be continue to be open Saturdays from 9 am to 4 pm. Paul Morralee visited the market on October 11th and produced a video which captures the vision, excitement and sense of community that is driving the Downtown Market.  read more.....> http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 15 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=497   THUNDER BAY, ON -- October 13, 2008  -- Prairie Flour Mills Ltd., Elie, Manitoba, is voluntarily recalling the flour which has only been distributed in Ontario to the following stores: No Frills, Cash and Carry, Freshmart, Fortinos, Zehrs, Real Canadian Superstore and Loblaws. If the lot code is not evident, consumers are advised to check with their retailer to determine if they have the affected product. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume no name brand all-purpose flour because the product may contain excessively high levels of folic acid, iron, niacin, riboflavin and thiamine.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 13 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=493 THUNDER BAY ON, ---- October 14, 2008 --- If it takes a village to raise a child, then it takes our elders to teach us about saving the environment. As one octogenarian put it, “You can save money, and save the world all at the same time.” At a recent district convention of the Women’s Institute – an organization for rural women founded in 1897 so that women could speak as one voice for needed reforms – it was apparent that advocating for social and economic change continues to rank highly on their agenda.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 13 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=494 THUNDER BAY, ON - October 10, 2008 - A presentation of the Health Sciences Discovery Fund GEEE! In GENOME Speakers’ Series What are the implications of discovering the gene causing abnormally high prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the Oji-Cree in Northern Ontario?    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSat, 11 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=492 THUNDER BAY, ON, -- October 8, 2008 -- Wall-to-wall Turn-Out for OPS United Way Pasta Lunch at Fort William Historical Park raising close to $8,000.00 for the United Way.  A tasty pasta lunch made for a winning drawing card for the kick-off to the OPS Thunder Bay United Way 2008 campaign at Fort William Historical Park October 7th.      http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 10 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=491 THUNDER BAY, ON - Tuesday, October 9, 2008 - Who will it be this year? Last year, Jordynn Skinner became $9,744 richer when she won the Intercity Shopping Centre’s Ultimate 50/50 Draw.  The winning ticket cost just $2.  Jordynn wasn’t the only winner; the jackpot was shared with the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation in support of excellence in healthcare for the people of Northwestern Ontario.  Back by popular demand!   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 09 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=490   THUNDER BAY, ON - October 9, 2008 - Ely, MN – The Trust for Public Land (TPL) and the U.S. Forest Service announced today that 43-acre Long Island, the largest wild island in northern Minnesota’s Burntside Lake, is now permanently protected for public enjoyment and recreational use as part of the Superior National Forest. This island, just eight miles northwest of Ely, is easily accessible for people in boats or canoes starting their canoe country adventures into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and is within view of renowned wilderness leader Sigurd Olson’s retreat. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 09 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=489   THUNDER BAY, ON - October 07, 2008 - Distance doesn’t seem to matter, when you are a leader.  If you’re a great communicator face to face, then your e-staff will continue to give you high ratings.  If you don’t connect one on one with your employees, then going virtual won’t solve your leadership problems.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 07 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=488 THUNDER BAY, ON,  --October 6, 2008 --- Today in Ontario, approximately 63% of women aged 50-69 have regular breast screening mammograms every two years.  So why aren’t more women getting screened?   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 06 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=485 THUNDER BAY, ON, --  October 6, 2008 --  Thunder Bay physician working at the cancer clinic in Thunder Bay Regional  Health Science Center and Ontario Nurses Assoc. write letters supporting  the need for pesticides By - Law in the City of Thunder Bay. High lights from letters. polling shows strong public support for pesticide by-laws in Thunder Bay and across the province, and you can count on the support of registered nurses as you seek to build a safer and healthier environment In this review, authors identified almost 100  studies looking at the risk of developing cancer with pesticide  exposure.  In this review they identified MOST studies on non-Hodgkin  lymphoma and leukemia showed a positive association with pesticide   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 06 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=486 SUDBURY, ON – October 6, 2008 -- This Thanksgiving weekend families will have the chance to get up-close to wildlife!  Zooz, a nature park located in the Niagara region, is bringing an exciting, hands-on outreach event to Science North on October 11th and 12th.  Visitors will be able to view, interact with, and touch a caribou, a Golden Eagle, a skunk and a Turkey vulture! All of these species are native to the Great Lakes region.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 06 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=487 THUNDER BAY, ON -- October  5, 2008 -- Composers Darlene Chepil Reid and Aris Carastathis talk shop during the intermission of New Music North’s first CD Launch concert. The concert held Friday night at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church included the groups new CD along with the price of admission. It was a great bargain.  http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSun, 05 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=482 THUNDER BAY, ON -- Thunder Bay October 4, 2008  – Superior North Liberal candidate Don McArthur cast his ballot on Sunday Oct 5th at Oliver Road School.   “This is going to be a very close race. I encourage all my supporters to get out and vote,” said McArthur  http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSun, 05 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=483 THUNDER BAY, ON., -- October 5, 2008 -- The first Mayor of the City of Thunder Bay when Port Arthur and Fort William amalgamated in 1970   died Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008 at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto after collapsing at his home. He was 90. Served on the Board of Governors for 15 years and received both an Honorary Doctorate and the title of Fellow of Lakehead University. Saul Laskin became mayor when the former cities of Fort William and Port Arthur amalgamated in 1970. He served as head of council until 1972. Laskin was previously the mayor of Port Arthur from 1962-69. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSun, 05 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=484 THUNDER BAY, ON -- October 4, 2008 --  Lake Superior Pets , in cooperation with Bay City -- the movie, NetNewsledger.com , Lake Superior News, and the 31A Junot Cafe are pleased provide the citizens of the Lake Superior Region with the opportunity to share photos of their cats and dogs online in a photo contest. To make the contest even more fun for you, all of the website visitors will be able to vote online for their favorite photo. The photo with the most votes each week will receive a free grooming for their pet. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSat, 04 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=481 THUNDER BAY, ON - October 03, 2008 - Three local Dubreuilville residents were fined $200 each for trespassing for the purpose of hunting. Laurent Blais, 43, Ginette Tremblay, 33, and Jason Tremblay, 21, pleaded guilty to the offences.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 03 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=480   THUNDER BAY, ON - October 03, 2008 - Whether you’re living in the mudflats of Alaska or the urban forests of Northern Ontario, you are the target of political messages this month.  With opposing perspectives about the meaning of patriotism in the United States and Canada, and promises of change blowing in the winds on both sides of the border, what better time to reflect about your own leadership style?  What are the challenges on your personal campaign’s scorecard?   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 03 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=477   THUNDER BAY, ON -  October 3, 2008 - CCAP was under the impression that the by-law would be brought to city council for discussion October 6th . Instead resolution # 2 states that the city will proceed with an educational campaign on alternatives to the use of pesticides.  We applaud this resolution but it doesn’t meet our expectations or the expectations of 77% of Thunder Bay citizens. Citizens Concerned About Pesticides (CCAP) has appeared before city council several times. City councillors have been generally supportive of a by-law restricting the use of pesticides in Thunder Bay.  Council requested that CCAP do three things and we have accomplished them all, with minimal expense but hundreds of hours of volunteer time.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 03 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=478     THUNDER BAY, ON - October 03, 2008 - Viessmann U.S. Recalls Boilers Due to Fire Hazard WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 03 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=479 THUNDER BAY, ON. - October 2, 2008 -  Changes to the festival syllabus were announced by the Lakehead Festival of Music and the Arts coordinator, Dawn Sebesta. The changes will bring the local festival in line with the other music festivals in the province. Dawn Sebesta said “This past week I attended the Ontario Music Festival Association Annual General Meeting.  There is going to be a change in the Musical Theatre category at Provincials.  Disney music, movies and operettas will no longer be accepted in the Musical Theatre category.  Further clarification is that music from stage productions like Lion King, Sound of Music, etc. can be used, but music from Disney movies such as Little Mermaid, Pocohontas, etc. cannot be sung in the Musical Theatre category.  Our Festival will be enforcing this as well. “    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 02 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=476 THUNDER BAY, ON, - September 30, 2008 -  As a Councillor at Large for the City of Thunder Bay and Vice-Chair of Finance, I strongly believe that accountability and transparency of action should be the guiding principles for everything we do as elected officials. The recent events in the world’s financial markets are a stark reminder that complacency and good intentions alone do not protect the interests of the taxpayers and working families.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 01 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=474 Thunder Bay, On – October 1, 2008 - National and international forest industry leaders and value-added wood producers are set to gather at Growing Forest Value: Opportunities in Northern Ontario, October 15 & 16, 2008, at the Valhalla Inn in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Hosted by the Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre, this two-day forum will bring together key forest industry stakeholders with value-added producers and investors to explore opportunities and generate ideas.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 01 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=475 THUNDER BAY, ON - Monday September 30, 2008 - Thunder Bay Superior North Candidate Bev Sarafin cautioned that Northern Ontario’s gun owners be aware of the dangers of supporting the New Democrats in the upcoming election. “NDP Leader Jack Layton endorsed a motion in Toronto city council stating that there is ‘little rationale, if any, for the possession of guns in homes and businesses’. The fact that the leader of the NDP is willing to tell Northerners that we shouldn’t have the right to legally possess our own hunting rifles is very disturbing.” Sarafin said. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 30 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=471 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 30, 2008 - A remote tourist outfitter was fined $1,600 for failing to provide the required boat safety equipment for its guests.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 30 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=472 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 30, 2008 - A noon hour concert is one of the best cures for a dull day even invented. Tuesday morning was the kind of fall day that reminds us summer is past and weather wise at least it won’t get better for several months. But this is Thunder Bay and residents here have learned to make the most of every season, and for me the approaching concert season will be getting better and better.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 30 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=473 THUNDER BAY, ON Sept 29, 2008 - Lake Superior Art Gallery, on NishTV calls for Artists.  Lake Supeiror Art Gallery would would like to  extending an invitation of all Aboriginal Artists of the Lake Superior Region  to present their art work  in the Anishnawbe Heritage Art Show.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 29 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=470 THUNDER BAY - September 28, 2008 -  Something old, something blue, and something new, it’s a good dictum to use when planning a concert. Saturday’s season opening concert by the Consortium Aurora Borealis, the something new was flute player Nancy Hennen.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSun, 28 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=468 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 28, 2008 - In Canada to date, there have been 6 cases of gastro-intestinal outbreak of Salmonella Poonaspread across Manitoba, Quebec and Nova Scotia with the same genetic fingerprint, and 14 other suspected cases in Ontario.  No one has been hospitalized so far.  There have been 48 cases reported in the U.S   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSun, 28 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=469 THUNDER BAY, ON - Sept 26, 2008 - On September 26th, 2008 a new web site was launched to promote discussion on the Waterfront Development Project currently taking place in Thunder Bay. The web site, on the Internet at www.thunderbaymarina.ca contains areas for people in favour and areas for those who oppose the Waterfront Development Project and will allow them to present their opinions in an unbiased forum .  read  more....> http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 26 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=467 THUNDER BAY, ON - Thursday, September 25, 2008 - A presentation of the Health Sciences Discovery Fund GEEE! In GENOME Speakers’ Series How can genomics research contribute to the safety of our food supply? What is the effect of the effluent from industries such as pulp and paper on out local fish? Find the answers at the next presentation in the Health Sciences Discovery Fund GEEE! In GENOME Speakers’ Series. Protecting our Food and Environment Through Genomics Research will be presented on Wednesday, October 1 with guest speakers Dr. Heidi Schraft and Dr. David Law. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 25 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=464   THUNDER BAY, ON - Thursday September 25, 2008 - Thunder Bay Superior North candidate Bev Sarafin today stated that she believes there is no leader in this election who understands the needs of the region better than Stephen Harper.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 25 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=465 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 25, 2008 - The Superior National Forest will see a change in three key leadership positions on the Forest this fall.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 25 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=466 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 24, 2008 - A free community event, celebrating Thunder Bay’s first full length action movie. “We are really excited!” enthuses Rodney Dwira, the producer of Bay City – a feature film shot here in Thunder Bay. “Last summer, Alphabet Productions, with the support of the residents and businesses of Thunder Bay, produced a full length feature film,” stated Dwira.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 24 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=462 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 24, 2008 - Two men have been fined a total of $2,250 in three separate cases for leaving garbage on Crown land. Brett Geary, 48, a local tourist outfitter in the Red Lake area, has been fined $1,750 in one incident and $250 in another, for offences under the Public Lands Act.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 24 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=463 THUNDER BAY, On - Sept 23, 2008 -Now that might sound like a strange goal to the average person, but not when you’re an adventure freak.  People who find a thrill in planning for extreme quests aren’t that different from the laid back couch potatoes who shift from one day to the next.  What do they have in common?    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 23 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=461   THUNDER BAY, ON -  September 22, 2008 - The popularity of crime scene investigation (CSI) has exploded!   Programs such as CSI: New York have generated an enormous interest in the science behind crime investigation.  You can learn first-hand about the exciting CSI scene in Thunder Bay at the GEEE! in GENOME Speakers’ Series, presented by the Health Sciences Discovery Fund of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation.     http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 22 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=460 THUNDER BAY, ON -  September 20 2008 - There is a lot that people of Thunder Bay can associate with in this play, for one thing we all know at least one immigrant Italian family. We know the pain of seeing our young ones grow up and leave town, because they run out of opportunities locally.  Just like Shakespeare, there is real comedy here, and some important human values that resolve to a very satisfying conclusion. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSat, 20 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=459 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 18, 2008 - I have just seen the programming for the 30th season of the Consortium Aurora Borealis. This season will not be business as usual, it will be outstanding. For 30 years Doris Dungan has had the honour of playing the first concert of every season, and on the 30th  season the tradition continues. There is a good reason for this, she is a quality musician who can be relied on when the going gets tough. Now that the Consortium Aurora Borealis practices on a professional basis, the past become good memories. This will be a good concert on Sept 27th. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 18 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=454 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 18th 2008 - Liberal candidate Ken Boshcoff was thrilled by health care commitments made this week by Liberal leader Stephane Dion. "These commitments reflect recommendations made by the Rural Liberal Caucus to the National caucus over the last two years, to deal with doctor shortages and the challenge of attracting specialists to small communities. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 18 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=455 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 18, 2008 - Marathon, Ontario. Today, Wilson Memorial General Hospital (WMGH) began to provide an important new service to residents of the North Shore. A $115,000 grant from the Northern Cancer Fund of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation enabled the purchase of the medical equipment necessary to offer colonoscopy screening at the Hospital. Hemlo Operations also contributed a donation of $75,000 to help finance the project.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 18 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=456 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 18, 2008 - Duluth, Minn., U.S.A. – Caravans of specially- built trucks, accompanied by escort vehicles and state patrol cars have been heading out of the Port of Duluth most every morning since June, loaded with wind turbine components destined for wind energy farms across the Midwest. The pace of that movement is about to pick up as one wind energy leader, in particular, ramps up delivery schedules.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 18 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=457 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 18, 2008 - Thunder Bay Superior North Conservative Candidate Bev Sarafin said today that she strongly believes that the NDP fiscal policy poses serious threats to the economic stability of the citizens in her riding. “Though Canadians faced unfair higher taxes under past Liberal governments, the NDP have a far worse financial plan for Canada. People here in the North can expect to be paying more and bringing home less if any NDP tax policies pass legislation.” Said Sarafin.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 18 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=458 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 17, 2008 - A Liberal government under Stephane Dion would be a disaster for small Northwestern Ontario business, says Conservative candidate Bev Sarafin. The Thunder Bay Superior North candidate pointed to two major roadblocks that the Dion Liberals would put up in front of hard working Northerners.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 17 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=451 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 17th 2008 - Liberal candidate Ken Boshcoff expressed his outrage today following the Canada-wide spike in gas prices that took place last week. "This spike is hurting my constituents", said Boshcoff, "and what's hard to stomach is that these spikes are completely unnecessary." Boshcoff said he is tired of the excuses offered by wholesale oil producers. "Canadians are not being fooled by the phoney marketing we are seeing from these companies. What we have here are companies taking advantage of weak competition legislation. Their hands are not tied on the issue of pricing."    ...> http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 17 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=452 THUNDER BAY, ON - September, 17, 2008 - 1. Pottery Barn Kids Recalls Children's Metal Water Bottles Due to Choking Hazard 2. Regent Sports Recalls Soccer Goal Nets Following Strangulation Death of a Child http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 17 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=453 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 16, 2008 - Thunder Bay Superior North Conservative Candidate Bev Sarafin feels that Liberal leader Stephane Dion’s carbon tax plan will significantly hurt Northwestern Ontario’s economy. Sarafin says that the negative effect of the so called “Green Shift” will reverberate throughout the region, driving up the price of fuel, groceries, and many other necessities.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 16 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=450 THUNDER BAY, ON – September 11, 2008 - Liberal Leader Stephane Dion will visit Thunder Bay tomorrow to kick off Ken Boshcoff and Don McArthurs' campaigns for federal office. "We are delighted to welcome Mr. Dion back to Thunder Bay," said Boshcoff.  "Mr. Dion's early campaign visit reflects his commitment to the prosperity and potential of northwestern Ontario's communities. His plans for the economy, agriculture, and the environment are good news for residents of this city."    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 11 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=448 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 11, 2008 - TORONTO:  The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has filed a complaint with Elections Canada against Maria Minna, MP for Beaches-East York over a pamphlet issued in her riding during the election writ period that apparently used Parliamentary resources costing taxpayers $25,000. CTF Ontario Director, Kevin Gaudet, said "the pamphlet amounts to election advertising and its cost should not be borne by the taxpayers of Canada".   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 11 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=449 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 9, 2008 - A Thunder Bay man has been fined $750 for buying fish illegally. Thomas Lotas, 52, pleaded guilty to the offence under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 09 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=445 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 09, 2008 - There were no new fires in the West Fire Region on Monday, September 08 following a quiet weekend. Cooler weather with rain has dropped the fire hazard to low across the region. Fire crews are turning their attention to work on assignments such as winterizing forward attack bases as they prepare to shut them down. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 09 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=446 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 09, 2008 - (September 8, Thunder Bay, ON) The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario (HSFO) has selected Lakehead University student Sean Bryan of the Department of Biology as winner of one of only twenty-four awards.  Bryan is the only student from a small Ontario university to receive this award, and it is the first ever Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario graduate scholarship at Lakehead University.  The award is valued at $18,000 per year, for up to two years.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 09 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=447   THUNDER BAY, ON - Sept. 08, 2008 - Ministry of Natural Resources Conservation Officers took part in the 44th annual Nipigon Fall Fishing Festival on August 30 and 31, 2008. Officers from Nipigon, the Upper Great Lakes and the Canine Unit teamed up to man an information booth, participate in the parade and put on canine demonstrations with one of the new Northwestern Ontario Canine Teams.  The festival, also known as “More Than Just a Fish Derby,” is steeped in tradition celebrating fishing in the Nipigon area.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 08 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=444 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 5, 2008 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Certain VAIO TZ-series Notebook Computers   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 05 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=439   THUNDER BAY, ON - September 5, 2008  - WINNIPEG - The green tax incentives and rebates announced yesterday by Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion show Liberals are responsive to the needs of rural Canadians and the forestry sector, Liberal Forestry Caucus Chair Roger Valley and Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario Critic Ken Boshcoff said today. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 05 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=440 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 5, 2008 - Regional Cancer Care at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) is providing a new treatment option for prostate cancer patients. To enable the new procedure, new medical equipment was required. A $40,000 grant, provided by the Northern Cancer Fund of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation and the D. Elaine Andison Foundation helped purchase the required ultrasound equipment and related probes, catheters and patient care items for the Operating Room Brachytherapy Suite.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 05 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=441   THUNDER BAY, ON - September 05, 2008 - Yesterday afternoon, a student was injured in a laboratory explosion in a chemistry laboratory in the Tamblyn Centennial Building during a routine laboratory experiment. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 05 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=442 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 05, 2008 - Yesterday, Lakehead University's newest building opens its doors officially with a Grand Opening conference and reception at Port Arthur Collegiate Institute (PACI). In attendance are members of Lakehead's administration, the PACI Alumni Association, trustees and administration of the District School Board, as well as public officials.  Lakehead's recent acquisition of PACI means additional classroom, laboratory, studio, and athletic facilities for Lakehead.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 05 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=443 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 3, 2008 - Today Ken Boshcoff M.P. Thunder Bay—Rainy River called upon the Prime Minister to keep his promise and delay calling an election until the 23 recommendations of the Forestry Report have been implemented. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 03 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=435 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 03, 2008 - Magnus Theatre is thrilled to announce a fundraising concert by renowned award winning singer/songwriter Rita Chiarelli in support of Magnus Theatre’s Building Fund. Rita will be playing music from both her Blues, and traditional Italian repertoire, with local guitar sensation Esteban Figueroa as the opening act. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 03 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=436   THUNDER BAY, ON - September, 03, 2008 - There were two new fires in the Kenora District on Saturday, August 30; and two new fires on Sunday, August 31, one in the Kenora District and one in the  Nipigon District. There was one new fire in the Nipigon District on Monday, September 01. No major problems were encountered with these fires. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 03 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=437 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 03, 2008 - 1. Hooded Sweaters Recalled by Empress Arts; Children Can Strangle on Drawstrings 2. Rapid Reel(r) Recalls Portable Garden Hose Carts; Tires Can Explode Posing an Injury Hazard http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 03 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=438 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 02, 2008 - At the same time as kids are preparing to open their school books, the government of Ontario just closed its books for the last fiscal year 2007-2008. A review of the these books - the Public Accounts of Ontario - should worry taxpayers, as they reveal the McGuinty government has much to learn about managing public money. They subscribe to the school of 'if you send it, we will spend it'. Instead, a better lesson plan they should follow should be 'a penny saved is a penny earned'. If the government would get its spending under control it would have ample room for tax relief and debt reduction.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 02 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=432 THUNDER BAY, ON - Sept. 02, 2008 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 02 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=433 THUNDER BAY, ON - September 02, 2008 - Ninety-two per cent of anglers and bear hunters checked during a recent enforcement blitz on Highway 71 southeast of Kenora were obeying Ontario's fishing and hunting regulations.  The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ontario Provincial Police carried out the blitz on August 22, 2008. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 02 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=434 THUNDER BAY, ON - August 28, 2008 - Eight anglers have been fined a total of $1,800 after pleading guilty to angling with barbed hooks and extra hooks on Lake Nipigon. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=430 THUNDER BAY, ON - August 28, 2008 - There were two new fires reported in the West Fire Region by the afternoon of August 27 and three declared out. One new fire was in the Nipigon District and one was in the Sioux Lookout District. Also, by the end of the day on August 26, a total of eight new fires were reported in the West Fire Region.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=431 THUNDER BAY, ON - August 27, 2008 - There were five new fires reported in the West Fire Region by the afternoon of August 26. One was in the Nipigon District, three in the Sioux Lookout District and one in the Thunder Bay District. Some of the fires were smouldering, but some fires had hot spots with open flame. CL-415 waterbombers – one from Dryden and one from Sudbury – along with a Eurocopter 130 from Sudbury are leaving for Toronto Wednesday to be a part of the Canadian International Air Show. www.cias.org     http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=428 THUNDER BAY, ON - WASHINGTON, DC - August 27, 2008 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a proposed rule to amend the Federal meat inspection regulations to initiate a complete ban on the slaughter of cattle that become non-ambulatory after initial inspection by Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) inspection program personnel.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=429 THUNDER BAY, ON - August 26, 2008 - There was one new fire reported in the West Fire Region by the afternoon of August 25. Thunder Bay District Fire Number 42, located about 30 kilometres north of Lake Nipigon was responding well to ground attack with two FireRanger crews and air attack.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=425 THUNDER BAY, ON - August 26, 2008 – Having a cup of coffee never felt so good! In September, you can help the almost half a million Canadians living with Alzheimer‟s or a related disease through your commitment to host a coffee break during the 13th annual Alzheimer Coffee Break™ fundraiser. The Alzheimer Society of Thunder Bay is looking for volunteers to be leaders in the community to make the commitment by hosting a Coffee Break. It‟s easy! You can hold a break in your office, at home, at your community centre, or anywhere you can set up a stand and serve some coffee.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=426 THUNDER BAY, ON - August 26, 2008 - The 26th Annual Doctor’s of Ontario Charity Hockey Tournament (Docs on Ice 2008) was held in Thunder Bay in April 2008. Over 500 doctors from across Ontario gathered for the fun of the game, to meet with colleagues and support local charities.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=427 THUNDER BAY, ON - August 25, 2008 - 18 helmswomen and their crew members set sail from the Thunder Bay Yacht Club at the Marina to participate in the 9th Annual Women at the Helm – Irene Prezio “Race for Hope” in support of the Northern Cancer Fund. The popular event featured women-helmed sail boats in spinnaker and non-spinnaker races. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 25 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=422 THUNDER BAY, ON - August 25, 2008 - Four new fires were reported on Sunday. Two fires occurred in the Nipigon District, one fire occurred in the Fort Frances District and one fire occurred in the Thunder Bay District. All fires were less than a hectare in size and responded well to initial attack efforts by fire fighters.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 25 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=423 THUNDER BAY, ON - August 25, 2008 - On Saturday, August 23, thousands gathered to take in the sights and sounds of Motors & Muscles, a popular event in support of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation and presented by Thunder Bay Insurance. The event featured a Strong Man competition, in which competitors tackled weight lifting, throws, 750 lbs-tire flipping and other physically demanding tasks. The firstplace winner of the Strong Man competition was Jeff Vanco. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 25 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=424   THUNDER BAY - August 22, 2008 - The Alzheimer Society of Thunder Bay has welcomed today's announcement that it is to receive a grant of $67,500 from the Aging at Home Strategy for improving seniors’ access to community-based health care services with its First Link program. read more....> http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 22 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=421 THUNDER BAY, ON.  -  August 21, 2008  -  Maple Leaf Consumer Foods and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are voluntarily expanding a recall of certain ready-to-eat packaged meat products and are warning people not to serve or consume the products as they may contain Listeria monocytogenes.     http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 20 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=420 THUNDER BAY, ON. - August 20, 2008 --Fort Frances Fire Management Headquarters made history today when they were requested to take action on a small fire on the U.S. side of the international border. A FireRanger crew on patrol on Rainy Lake discovered a fire on a small island on the American side of the lake. A Sherriff, who was also on patrol on the lake, requested that the Ontario fire crew assist with the suppression of the fire. American authorities and Canada Customs were notified, and the Ontario fire fighters were cleared to take action on the small 0.1 hectare fire. The fire was eventually turned over to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources allowing the FireRangers to continue their patrol.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 20 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=417 THUNDER BAY, ON.  - August 20, 2008 -  Andy Heerschap and his partner, Bear, are one of three new teams in the Canine Services Unit of the ministry.  Heerschap and Bear are located in Thunder Bay while the other two new teams are located in North Bay and Bancroft.  Three other teams are already working out of Dryden, Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 20 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=418 THUNDER BAY, ON.  -  August 21, 2008 - The Department of Psychology at Lakehead University is recruiting participants for a Psychology research project that examines how social and biological factors combine to affect mood change in the postpartum period. The researchers would like to hear from women who are over the age of 18 and are in their third trimester of pregnancy.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 20 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=419 THUNDER BAY,ON - August 19, 2008, Thunder Bay Council has apponted Tim Commisso as City Manager  formally the CAO position.  Darrell Matson, general manager of transportation and works for the city, has filled the role on an interim basis since last March when Robert  Petrie accept the position of CAO for the Town of Whitby, Ontario. Commisso was manager of budgets and planning in Thunder Bay before he went to Burlington in 1988. Tim Commisso begins his new position of City Manager on Sept. 29.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx