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 ~ 2009 by <a href="http://LakeSuperiorProjects.com">Computer Resources Inc.<a>info@northernontarioregion.com THUNDER BAY, ON - June 12th, 2009 - Quetico Park is full of excitement, with officials announcing events for one of the largest Birthday Parties the Northern region has ever seen.  Originally celebrating its “diamond” anniversary on April 1st 2009, the festivities continue at Quetico Park. Starting in June, and rolling over into the fall, several events will be held in the surrounding community and  park, that sits just west of Lake Superior on the Canadian- U.S border, near the small community of Atikokan. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 12 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1028 THUNDER BAY, ON - June 12, 2009 – Passenger rail service may be one step closer to returning to Thunder Bay via the North Shore of Lake Superior with a motion tabled by Thunder Bay – Superior North MP Bruce Hyer. Speaking in the House, Hyer said “It was a privilege to submit a Motion on returning passenger rail service to Thunder Bay and the scenic North Shore of Lake Superior. This line was cut by the Conservative government of the late 1980’s, despite being VIA’s busiest route. Today, rail has been experiencing a renaissance because it is both environmentally friendly and efficient. This is one small step towards getting Canada back on track with passenger rail.”   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 12 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1029 THUNDER BAY, ON - June 12, 2009 – Passenger rail service may be one step closer to returning to Thunder Bay via the North Shore of Lake Superior with a motion tabled by Thunder Bay – Superior North MP Bruce Hyer. Speaking in the House, Hyer said “It was a privilege to submit a Motion on returning passenger rail service to Thunder Bay and the scenic North Shore of Lake Superior. This line was cut by the Conservative government of the late 1980’s, despite being VIA’s busiest route. Today, rail has been experiencing a renaissance because it is both environmentally friendly and efficient. This is one small step towards getting Canada back on track with passenger rail.” http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 12 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1030 THUNDER BAY, ON - June 12, 2009 - As of June 11th the Thunder Bay and Regional Protective Emergency Services Training Centre will be open for business. This is a facility that will pay for itself many times over in the coming years. The cost of shipping personnel out of town for specialized training is only part of the savings. The skills our firemen learn at this centre will save lives as well. Fire Chief John Hays was quick to point out that this is only the beginning for the training facility. There are expressions of interest from Con College who hope to make training at this centre part of the curriculum for certain college programs. In fact the contract has been made and they hope to begin this fall. Lakehead University has also expressed interests in a research facility on site presumably to test new materials and engineered products for fire worthiness.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 12 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1031 THUNDER BAY, ON - June 12, 2009 - KENORA, ON - Residents of Rainy River, Fort Frances, Emo, La Vallee, Alberton, Morley and Dawson will benefit from federal and provincial infrastructure funding, announced today by Greg Rickford, MP Kenora and Michael Gravelle, Thunder Bay-Superior North MPP and Minister of Northern Development and Mines. This funding is just one more example of both governments’ commitment to stimulating the Ontario economy through the creation of jobs in our communities. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 12 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1032 THUNDER BAY, ON - June 11, 2009 - The Thunder Bay Superior North Electoral District Association for the Conservative Party of Canada is pleased to announce we have opened the nomination process for candidates. Nominations close on June 23.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 11 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1021 THUNDER BAY, ON - June 11, 2009 - Ask anyone in Thunder Bay what RCCO stands for and you will likely get a bewildered look.  The Royal Canadian College of Organists is Canada’s oldest professional association of musicians, and in our city it has been active since 1985.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 11 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1022 THUNDER BAY, ON - June 11, 2009 - SERPENT RIVER FN (June 11, 2009) – Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee has expressed his support for the appointment of a new chairperson and commissioners to the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Yesterday, Justice Murray Sinclair was appointed as Commission Chair and Marie Wilson and Chief Wilton Littlechild were appointed as Commissioners. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 11 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1023 THUNDER BAY, ON - June 11, 2009 - A fishing resort guide who failed to put out his campfire must pay $7,000. Ted McLeod, of Atikokan, was charged under the Forest Fires Prevention Act and fined $1,000 for failing to extinguish a fire. McLeod must also pay $6,000 to the Ministry of Natural Resources to help cover the cost of putting out the fire. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 11 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1024 THUNDER BAY, ON - June 11, 2009 - The Ontario government will invest $524,475 in the City of Thunder Bay under the 2009 Ontario Bus Replacement Program (OBRP). Created in 2007 to improve public transit service and increase ridership and accessibility, OBRP provides long-term, sustainable transit funding that municipalities such as Thunder Bay can use to replace conventional and specialized transit buses.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 11 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1025 THUNDER BAY, ON - June 11, 2009 - On June 1st, eleven students from the Manitouwadge Environment Science and Outdoor Activities Class, their teacher and one other chaperone from Manitouwadge and four park staff pushed their canoes into the upper headwaters of the wild Pukaskwa River to begin an epic paddle toward the coast of Superior. As a part of their class the students and their teacher, Gordon Martin, volunteered to clear the portage trails along the river during their trip. After six days of paddling, pulling and hauling gear and canoes, the group managed to make it to the coast safely (except for a few bruises, scratches and sore muscles) with the portages cleared. The water levels in the river were near perfect for the first time paddlers who enjoyed the swifts and small rapids that define the essence of the river. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 11 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1026 THUNDER BAY, ON,  -----   June 11, 2009  ---   The World Health Organization told Canada and the other member nations it was declaring a swine flu pandemic today. The first global flu epidemic in 41 years – as infections climbed in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere.   The Health Unit confirmed late Wednesday that a patient with H1N1 flu virus is being treated in Thunder Bay.  WHO reported 74 countries had reported nearly 27,737 cases of swine flu, including 141 deaths, The agency has stressed that most cases are mild. Still, about half of the people who have died from swine flu were previously young and healthy – people who are not usually susceptible to flu.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 11 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1027 THUNDER BAY, ON - June 10, 2009 - OTTAWA:  As chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Tourism Caucus, MP for Kenora, Greg Rickford, welcomed the representatives of six national industry associations representing Canada’s airlines, tourism businesses, airports, hotels and tour operators at a reception held on Parliament Hill June 4 for Travel & Tourism Advocacy Day. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 10 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1019 THUNDER BAY, ON - June 10, 2009 - Ontario has allocated $ 58,227 to the rent bank in Thunder Bay under the Provincial Rent Bank Program. The funding is part of $5 million allocated today among rent banks across Ontario. The Provincial Rent Bank Program promotes housing stability by assisting low-income tenants to avoid eviction due to a missed rent payment. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 10 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1020 THUNDER BAY, ON - June 9, 2009 - Let’s try this imaginary scenario for a change in your meeting strategy before I reveal 3 useful tips.  Tools needed: one iPhone or recording device.  One maverick meeting attendee who is fed up with long, boring, useless, trivia and ego infested agendas.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 09 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1018 THUNDER BAY, ON - June 8, 2009 - When I was younger, and I’m referring to a time when I stood a few inches taller than the average classroom chair, I used to love waking up to the pleasant tune of nature. As the sun was beginning to show its smile and while I was tucked tightly in my warm sheets, I would awake to the lovely tune of Robins singing outside my window. It was a delightful and refreshing start to my day. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 08 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1014 THUNDER BAY, ON - June 8, 2009 - Thunder Bay’s Expressway will be significantly improved with the award of a major reconstruction contract by the province. Carillion Limited of Toronto has been awarded the $20,716,000 contract to make significant upgrades to the highway. The project will create 150 direct and indirect construction jobs and help get people and goods to their destinations faster. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 08 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1015 THUNDER BAY, ON - June 8, 2009 - Residents of Kenora and the surrounding area will benefit from federal and provincial infrastructure funding for the Creation of the Lake of the Woods Discovery Centre, Highway 17 Gateway Rehabilitation and local roads and services boards’ waterline and road repairs projects, announced today by MP Greg Rickford and, Minister Michael Gravelle. These projects are just one example of both governments’ commitment to stimulating the Ontario economy through the creation of jobs in our communities. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 08 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1016 THUNDER BAY, ON ----  Jun 8, 2009 ----  Thunder Bay’s Expressway will be significantly improved with the award of a major reconstruction contract by the province. Carillion Limited of Toronto has been awarded the $20,716,000 contract to make significant upgrades to the highway.  The project will create 150 direct and indirect construction jobs and help get people and goods to their destinations faster. Part of the Northern Highways Program, the work is expected to take two years    read more....> http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 08 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1017 THUNDER BAY, ON  ----  June 5,2009----   Michael Gravelle, MPP for Thunder Bay-Superior North, Bill Mauro, MPP for Thunder Bay-Atikokan, and Greg Rickford, MP for Kenora are pleased to announce today that the residents of Thunder Bay-Superior North and Thunder Bay-Atikokan will benefit from over $38.5 million in federal and provincial infrastructure funding for various projects throughout both respective ridings.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 05 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1011 LONGLAC, ONTARIO -----   JUNE 5, 2009 ---  Wind Farms will be bringing in a new era for economic development by producing clean renewable electricity in several parts of Northern Ontario.  Ginoogaming First Nation has joined the era and following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding by Ginoogaming’s Rocky Shore Development Corporation with an experienced Montreal-based project developer – Geilectric Inc. – phase 1 of the wind power feasibility process has been initiated. The successful installation of a 60 meter tall Wind Measurement Tower on the Pow Wow grounds was completed on May 29th 2009 and represents the first step in the estimated $42,000 wind monitoring campaign.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 05 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1012 THUNDER BAY, 0N - June 5, 2009 - The Federal Executive Board of Minnesota recently recognized Greg Kopel-Anderson as one of the Top Five Civil Servants of 2009. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 05 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1013 THUNDER BAY, ON - June 4, 2009 - Austen the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and his owner Julie Hutka of Thunder Bay were the only participants to pass at a Canadian Kennel Club Urban Tracking test held in Thunder Bay recently, making this little dog the first of his breed in Canada to bear advanced tracking titles – one title away from being a Canadian Tracking Champion.  http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 04 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1009 THUNDER BAY, ON - June 4, 2009 - The faded “For Sale” sign has been removed. A new shingle will soon hang outside the original and historic Spence Clinic building at 404 Spence Clinic (kitty corner to the Ridgeway Clinic). After 15 years, the building will open on June 15 as the Healthy Families Wellness Centre. Dr. Leila Coulter, DC HBK, says her new clinic will offer chiropractic care along with massage therapy and traditional Chinese medicine, including acupuncture. “As we grow, we will continue to add other healthcare specialties,” says Coulter. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 04 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1010 THUNDER BAY, ON - June 2, 2009 - Fish stocking is underway in waters from the Manitoba border to Manitouwadge, and from Lake Superior to Red Lake. The Ministry of Natural Resources stocks fish each year to protect natural fish populations and support year-round fishing opportunities for residents and visitors.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 02 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1005 THUNDER BAY, ON - June 2, 2009 - The Gunflint Trail Association and Superior National Forest have partnered on development of the Becoming a Boundary Waters Canoe Area Family program to encourage families to enjoy and explore the Boundary Waters Area.   The goal of informational materials and seminars is to help kids and parents feel comfortable, confident, and safe in the north woods and on the border lakes.  http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 02 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1006 THUNDER BAY, ON - June 2, 2009 - SAULT STE. MARIE – Work to replace all eight of the gate anchors on the recreational lock at the Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site of Canada is taking longer than originally expected. Parks Canada and its contractors are currently discussing a revised schedule for the repairs, with the intention of opening the lock to operations as quickly as possible. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 02 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1007 THUNDER BAY, ON - June 2, 2009 - Look up....waay up....  What does it take to go fly a kite?  Let me take that one step further: what does it take to lead?   The answers are similar.  "Over-prepare and go with the flow" More than 2500 years ago, the Chinese invented kites made of silk and bamboo.  These were the ideal materials for both sturdiness and resilience in the air. Flying a kite is an ancient practice. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 02 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1008 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 29, 2009 - Ontario’s Minister of Finance Hon. Dwight Duncan was in Thunder Bay on a working meeting with local politicians and business leaders. In the afternoon he agreed to meet briefly with members of the media at the Prince Arthur Hotel. The following is a brief synopsis of the proceedings. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 29 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1002 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 29, 2009 - The next time a politician casually mentions borrowing a billion dollars – or $50 billion for that matter – ask yourself this question: what would my family do?   The Harper government has just announced that their deficit for this year alone will exceed $50 billion. As if this isn’t bad enough, none of the opposition leaders seem to be concerned that this deficit figure is too much. When it comes to requests to spend, all of these politicians should heed the same advice they give their children: ‘just say no.’ http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 29 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1003 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 29, 2009 - Spending too much time in the sun without proper protection can lead to more than a bad burn. On Saturday, June 6, 2009, Regional Cancer Care, the Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Dermatology Association are hosting a Skin Cancer Awareness and Screening event from 10 am – 2 pm at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 29 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1004 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 28, 2009 - OTTAWA - Kenora MP Greg Rickford believes Bill C- 391, introduced by MP Candace Hoeppner, will finally scrap the long gun registry.  “The time has come to cast aside politics and deal once and for all with the wasteful registry,” said Rickford. “I am a joint seconder of this new bill.  It is simplified and I can’t imagine how the northern ON MPs could possibly rationalize voting against it.” http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 28 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1000 THUNDER BAY, ON - 28 May, 2009 - Hyer is offering his support for the bill because he believes the registry is a waste of taxpayer dollars, and is unfair to law-abiding gun owners.  “As a hunter myself, I have always been clear that I will vote to end the wasteful long gun registry, and stand up for my constituents,” Hyer said.  “This Bill is a simple way to make the system fairer for law-abiding hunters, farmers, Aboriginal people, and trappers while maintaining laws that keep our cities safe.”  Hyer added, “I am especially pleased to take the opportunity to work together with other parties to get the job done.” http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 28 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=1001 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 28, 2009 - Zero Waste Action Team members and advisors will launch Thunder Bay’s 2009 Canadian Environment Week celebrations with an Eco Fair. There will be displays, handouts and draws for a $50.00 Intercity Shopping Centre and Graham Saunder’s new book “Gardening with Short Growing Seasons.” http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 28 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=999 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 27th, 2009 - Following the release of 86 recommendations from a coroner’s inquest into the death of two young men who died as a result of smoke inhalation while being held prisoners in a Kachechewan Nishnawbe Aski Nation Police Detachment, the community of Eabametoong First Nation, also known as Fort Hope, is demanding that these recommendations be taken seriously by both levels of government, and that the policing resources of the First Nation community be reviewed. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 27 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=994 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 27, 2009 - Creating an investment portfolio today to fulfill your dreams for tomorrow can seem difficult at times, especially when every day brings the reality of bills, mortgage payments, loans and other demands on your earnings. Saving enough money throughout your life to support the lifestyle you dream about is important! You can achieve it - using a simple, straightforward and consistent approach. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 27 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=995 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 27, 2009 - SUDBURY – Science North in Sudbury, Ontario, has been awarded the 2008 Michael Smith Award for Science Promotion by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).  Science North has received $10,000 to further science promotion activities, as well as a medal bearing the likeness of the late Canadian Nobel laureate, and a framed citation. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 27 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=996 THUNDER BAY, ON, ----  May 27, 2009 ----  Mary Long-Irwin, who served as President of the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce for the past nine years has tendered her resignation and will leave the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce effective June 30th, 2009. “This was not an easy decision to make”, stated Mary Long-Irwin, President of Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce, “After much consideration, I have decided that I need to move forward to the next chapter in my life.”   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 27 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=997 THUNDER BAY, ON,  ------  May 27, 2009 ---  As president of North of Superior Tourism Association, Lori Paras is leading by example.  Her project, “Digging for the Truth Conference 2009” will be a one of a kind international conference that will attract renowned researchers from around the world to Thunder Bay. The speakers, theorists, and authors will be exploring some of the mysteries surrounding ancient histories and mythology in popular culture. The four day event is expected to bring hundreds of people from around the worlds to Thunder Bay.  http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 27 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=998 THUNDER BAY, ON,  -------   May 26, 2009  ------   "Soft focus is an important skill that can affect us metaphorically.In other words, the way we see the future has everything to do with how well we can look up and see the expanded horizon before us." - Peter Kline When isn’t leadership, REAL Leadership? Is Corporate / Business Leadership more respected or of higher importance than charitable / not for profit leadership? Should corporate leadership be more community minded?   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 26 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=993 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 21, 2009 - OTTAWA – Thunder Bay – Rainy River Member of Parliament John Rafferty and Thunder Bay – Superior North Member of Parliament Bruce Hyer will be hosting two townhall meetings this week to discuss the ongoing forestry crisis and the recent bankruptcy of AbitibiBowater. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 21 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=990 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 21, 2009 - The Lakehead Region Conservation Authority is looking for help from the public in determining who destroyed several educational interpretive displays at one of its Conservation Areas over the weekend. Sometime during the late night hours of Saturday, May 16, 2009 vandals tore down five "Fibrelite" panels from the open air pavilion walls at Cascades Conservation Area on Balsam Street. The culprits then tossed the panels into a bonfire adjacent to the pavilion. The fire was intense enough to cause some heat damage to a portion of the pavilion roof. A metal garbage can was also destroyed. A number of empty beer bottles at the scene suggests several individuals participated in the criminal activity.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 21 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=991 THUNDER BAY, ON ------   May 21, 2009   --------   Jim Doddington is hard at work deep inside the organ chambers of the Casavant Organ at St. Paul’s United Church. He has been doing this type of work since he was a child when he began working with his father in the family pipe organ business. The organ at St. Paul’s is large by city standards, though it is rather modest when compared to instruments in larger cities. The Thunder Bay instrument has approximately 3,100 pipes, and to tune each one would take a master organ tuner at least 14 hours to do the task. Instead this tuner takes a reasoned approach to the spring tune up.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 21 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=992 THUNDER BAY, ON  -----   May 20, 2009  ---- Another nugget of wisdom from the Dr. Robert Rosehart report is now in place. It is a plan to promote entrepreneurship in Northern Ontario.  Rosehart recognized the importance of entrepreneurship in developing any economy and in his view no society can have enough of them. In his vision entrepreneurs are special people who drive new growth and wealth creation in society. They should be cherished and nurtured from an early age. Well the announcement by Minister Gravelle fell short of Rosehart’s vision of nurturing entrepreneurship.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 20 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=989 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 19, 2009 - What if every leader spent 2 minutes a day asking themselves one essential question.  What would that all important question be? Let me share the back story before we get to The Big Ask.  At a leadership event last week, the final presenter summarized the key messages of The Five Temptations of a CEO by Patrick Lencioni.  He noted that this fable is an easy read, but, as all things which seem simple at the outset, the complexity surfaces in the urge to reflect on personal experiences related to the content.  Reflection is fundamental leadership tool which unfortunately, takes a back seat to the daily grind.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 19 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=987 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 19, 2008 - The Ministry of Natural Resources cautions travellers of the danger of potential washouts and flooded sections on Crown land roads in northwestern Ontario. Spring run-off from melting snow and significant rain may cause wash-outs on off-highway roads and result in road closures. Barricades and signs will mark closures and known hazards on Crown land roads. Roads with soft sections and erosion may remain open to traffic and may be marked for use with caution. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 19 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=988 NIPIGON, ON -----  May 16, 2009  ----- Fire broke out around 5 a.m. Saturday morning, The Normandie Inn on Front Street in the business district of Nipigon and  by 10. a.m. the historical Normandie Inn was reduced to ashes with a backhoe being used to knock the building down for the safety of towns people. The owner of the Inn was on holidays at the time of the fire.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSat, 16 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=986 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 15, 2009 - TORONTO (May 14, 2009) – A prominent First Nations leader has launched a write-in campaign designed to reinforce the treaty right of First Nation citizens to tax exemption. Speaking to meeting of Independent First Nations today, Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief John Beaucage, candidate for the office of National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, outlined his plan to reinforce First Nation tax exemption as Ontario makes plans to harmonize the province's 8 per cent sales tax with the 5 per cent federal Goods and Services Tax. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=979 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 15, 2009 - TORONTO: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) today launched its 11th Annual Gas Tax Day. In addition to demanding lower gas taxes, the CTF’s latest gas tax report calls for a new federal Gas Tax Accountability Act. The Act requires that gas tax revenues be dedicated 100 per cent to roads and also mandates transparency of spending.  http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=980 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 15, 2009 - OTTAWA — Member of Parliament John Rafferty (Thunder Bay – Rainy River) attacked the Harper government today for not offering assistance to small businesses and suppliers affected by the bankruptcy filings of AbitibiBowater and Buchanan Forest Products. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=981 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 15, 2009 - Today participants in the 17th Annual Investors Group/Lowerys Basics/SRC Billboard Rescue reached for the sky and raised $124,198 for the United Way of Thunder Bay, and the pledges are still coming in.  Despite the cold and the wind 36 teams of hardy volunteers mounted the scissor lift and spent their half hour calling friends to support United Way. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=982 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 15, 2009 - Provincial fisheries staff will be out on nearly 100 area lakes this summer, monitoring the lakes’ health and gathering information to help manage fish populations effectively. Crews will survey lakes north of Ignace, Dryden, Sioux Lookout, Red Lake and Kenora by plane and boat from May 16 to September 13, collecting water samples and setting nets. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=983 THUNDER BAY, ON - MAY 15, 2009 - LONGLAC:  On April 7, 1994 Ginoogaming First Nation commenced an initial investigation on the condition of the Making Ground River Bridge and associated road upgrade as a result of its poor condition and the need to improve safety, health and the environment.  The deteriorating bridge has been a barrier to several economic development projects that Ginoogaming has planned as all of these projects need a new bridge and good road. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=984 THUNDER BAY, ON  ----   May 15, 2009  -----    The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (O.F.A.H.), applauds the introduction of Bill C-391, a new private members’ bill tabled in the House of Commons earlier today by Candice Hoeppner, Conservative Member of Parliament for the riding of Portage-Lisgar, Manitoba.     The legislation, which is the third and most clearly defined firearms bill introduced this year, addresses the need to abolish the badly flawed federal long gun registry, nothing more, nothing less.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=985 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 14, 2009 - TORONTO: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) will be holding its 11th annual Gas Tax Honesty Day events across the country on Thursday, May 14, 2009.  CTF Federal Director, Kevin Gaudet will be holding a news conference: http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 14 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=975 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 14, 2009 - OTTAWA — The riding of Thunder Bay - Rainy River is getting over $279,911 in federal funding for summer jobs.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 14 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=976 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 14, 2009 - Ontario has appointed Susie Tompkins-Gray as the newest member of the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) board of directors. Ms. Tompkins-Gray is an elementary school teacher with the Lac Seul Education Authority on Lac Seul First Nation near Sioux Lookout. A graduate of Lakehead University, Ms. Tompkins-Gray spent several years teaching in Geraldton and at Aroland First Nation. A member of the Pays Plat First Nation, she has settled with her husband and two children at Lac Seul First Nation. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 14 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=977 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 14, 2009 - OTTAWA – The Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA) and Thunder Bay Members of Parliament met with top CBC brass to reaffirm the importance of regional and local broadcasting to the region and to state their opposition to recently announced service and staffing cuts. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 14 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=978 THUNDER BAY, ON,  May 13, 2009  -----  This year, Prostate Man will encourage shoppers at Quality Market to make prostate-healthy grocery decisions like choosing fresh fruits and vegetables.  He’ll even help with grocery planning through appearances in Quality Market flyers.  Beyond that, Prostate Man will be seen interacting with familiar Thunder Bay residents.  For example, advertisements will feature Al Cranston of Fresh Air Experience receiving Prostate Man’s encouragement to be active every day    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 13 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=974   THUNDER BAY, ON, ----  May 12, 2009  ----   Today Ken Boshcoff officially announce his intention to seek the Nomination as Candidate for the Federal Liberal Riding of Thunder Bay - Rainy River.       An election may be as early as this fall and  I have decided that serving the people of Northwestern Ontario as their Member of Parliament is what I do best. Boshcoff said.   The time since the last election has given me the time to think of the reasons for my loss and learn from my mistakes. It has given me time to restore my relationships with friends and family and for that I am grateful. Thirty years of dedication to public service as Mayor and Member of Parliament   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 12 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=973 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 11, 2009 - As much as I believe that psychological assessments of skills and behaviors are valuable, I'd like to propose an additional leverage point for leaders interested in honing their innovation skills. Take a pail and shovel to the nearest beach. You'll learn about function, design, skill sets - including your challenges - and the right tools for innovation. Sculpting that sand castle can be great for your leadership health. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 11 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=970 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 11, 2009 - There will be an Arbor Day tree planting event held at the north east end of Boulevard Lake Park on May 24 from 1-4pm.  Everyone is invited to join in and help green Thunder Bay one tree at a time.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 11 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=971 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 11, 2009  - Candrive — the Canadian Driving Research Initiative for Vehicular Safety in the Elderly — is looking to recruit volunteers for a long-term study of older drivers to determine the key factors that impact their driving safety. Study results will help in the development of a simple, objective screening tool that will assist health-care professionals to identify the characteristics of safe and unsafe older drivers, and refer those deemed at risk for further assessment. This will help to alleviate many of the problems and inconsistencies doctors and families face in attempting to determine fitness to drive. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 11 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=972 THUNDER BAY,  ON  -----   May 10, 2009 -------  Experimental test results to be released Monday,  in the new book "Slow Death by Rubber Duck:  How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects our Health" show dramatic and immediate increases in blood and urine levels of harmful toxins in response to everyday activities and common consumer products.   Tests conducted focused on common chemicals that are associated with a variety of health effects, including cancer, reproductive and developmental harm and learning disabilities.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSun, 10 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=968 THUNDER BAY, ON -----   May 10, 2009  -----  Lake Superior News Arts Editor Bert Rowson and LU music Student Liam Curran will be presenting a recital at St. Paul’s United Church this coming Tuesday, May 12th. The Church is has two heritage instruments in the sanctuary, its 1963 Lawrence Phelps designed Casavant pipe organ, and a 1953 Centenary edition Steinway model M piano. The recital will get underway at 8:00 pm and will be over by 9:30 pm Most people will recognize the composers for the piano part of the recital, Chopin. Mozart and Bach will be featured on the Steinway. But literature for the organ has always been more eclectic. There are two reasons for this, one is not everybody has an instrument at home to practice on so there are not as many organists to start with. The other reason is that the history of music for the organ is as old as the history for written music itself, meaning that old Latin Codexes move back in time to the early 1300’s. The oldest playable pipe organ is in Sion France built about 1410. This gives organists about 350 more years of literature for their instrument that pianists do not have.  http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSun, 10 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=969 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 8, 2009 - Two employees of the provincial government’s Ontario Geological Survey (OGS) have received awards recognizing their dedicated service. Peter Moses, OGS First Nations Minerals Information Officer, based in Thunder Bay, has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Northwestern Ontario Prospectors Association. The award is in appreciation for his tireless work with Aboriginal people, including delivering community-based prospector courses, information and education sessions, as well as for his previous career as a prospector.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 08 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=967 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 7, 2009 - Gunflint Trail, MN- While Nordic Skiing is normally considered an eco-friendly sport, northeast Minnesota’s Gunflint Nordic ski trail managers have taken this one step further. The Central and Upper Gunflint Ski Areas connected by the Banadad Ski Trail known collectively as the 210 Kilometer Gunflint Nordic Ski System this year went carbon neutral.  http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxThu, 07 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=966 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 6, 2009 - Have you noticed that It's easy enough not to notice the opportunity to innovate?  Our daily routines determine our most common direction and pace. We can easily ignore the obvious. That's a dangerous leadership trait. As a leader, how can you become more aware of circumstances which will spur on unlikely intersections of ideas? How can you help others to get over the fear of "change", for example?   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 06 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=963 THUNDER BAY, ON, -----    May 6 2009 ------  As the weather is beginning to warm up and feel more like Spring the Alzheimer Society of Thunder Bay is ready to launch its annual Seeds of Hope campaign. Every May, the Alzheimer Society hands out complimentary packages of the Forget-Me-Not flower seeds to the people of Thunder Bay to remember a loved one.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 06 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=964 OTTAWA – At a Tuesday meeting requested by Thunder Bay–Superior North MP Bruce Hyer, the Northern Ontario MP urged federal Transport Minister John Baird to assist in funding the landmark TTC-Bombardier streetcar deal. The 10-year, $1.2 billion deal is the largest transit contract in the country’s history. Baird said priorities identified by the City of Toronto to him did not include “recent submissions” such as the Toronto Transit Commission contract that “came out of the blue.”  The Minister said that the government’s motive is short-term economic stimulus, and that they have talked to the Ontario government to see if they’d take that approach as well. “We want stimulus now, not in 10 years.” he reiterated.   http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxWed, 06 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=965 WAWA,  ON ----   May 5, 2009  ----  The decision of the Ontario Municipal Board on whether or not to license a pit/quarry on Michipicoten Bay might well be one of its most important decisions ever. Its decision is pivotal – perhaps the tipping point – for the future of Lake Superior. What will its future be? Industrialization? Or the preservation and protection of its uniqueness in the world, its economy invigorated by showcasing this uniqueness to the rest of the world via education and tourism? The OMB decision could be precedent-setting for the licensing of the 15 other trap rock sites on the north shore of Lake Superior. This one-of-a-kind lake in the world could well become a supply store for the rest of the continent. Is it good planning to allow the incomparable coast of the jewel of the “freshwater sea” that is Lake Superior to be irreparably marred by selling it (perhaps our soul) for gravel?  http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxTue, 05 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=962 NIPIGON, ON -----   May 4, 2009 ------   We have something to celebrate in the North West.  The development of children’s music in the city and along the North Shore has made a great leap forward in the past couple of years. The driving force behind this is the husband and wife team of Derek and Laurel Oger. There is something about this organization that is different than the usual mom and pop music team. The Kuumba and Rafiki group of choirs is quickly turning into every thing that a children’s (and youth) choir could ever be. For one thing the organization has a board of directors, and this helps the group achieve some of its funding and allows the music director a little more time to do what she is supposed to do, direct music     http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 04 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=958 THUNDER BAY, ON --------  May 4, 2009  -------  Communications, Energy and paperworkers union (CEP) at AbitibiBowater (TSX:ABH) have won court decision that Abitibi Bowater had no right to unilaterally rescind pension benefit improvements that had been negotiated in a collective agreement prior to the newsprint giant entering bankruptcy protection   Justice Clement Gascon ruled that the forestry company's efforts to unilaterally amend the collective agreement of current workers was illegal. "None of the arguments (by AbitibiBowater) justify the illegality of the gestures it made," Gascon said Monday in his verbal ruling.    read more.......> http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 04 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=959 KENORA, ON  ------- May 4, 2009  -----   Minister of State for Democratic Reform, Steven Fletcher was in Kenora Sunday morning where he and local MP Greg Rickford hosted a Healthcare Discussion at the Bestwestern Lakeside Inn. Several organizations were represented including staff and board members from the Lake of the Woods District Hospital, the Hospital Foundation, the Northwestern Health Unit, the Sunset Country Family Health Team, Kenora Chief’s Advisory, Dalles First Nation, Kenora Mayor Len Compton and several City Councillors.  read more.....> http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 04 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=960 THUNDER BAY, ON  ---------   May 4, 2009 ------  The message is “Hit the Brakes…NOT US!” It is a plea from Thunder Bay Hydro workers for Thunder Bay drivers to slow down in temporary work zones. It comes in response to an alarming number of near misses that occur when workers are set up in the street to maintain or repair hydro lines in the city. “We mark the area we are working in with orange traffic cones and the required signage; it is pretty hard to miss our trucks when they are set up. Yet, we seem to average one near miss for every setup,” says Don Zimak, Supervisor of Services and Connections at Thunder Bay Hydro. “This area becomes our work place. Drivers need to slow down for both their own and our safety.”    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxMon, 04 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=961 THUNDER BAY, ON  ------   May 3, 2009  -----  Members of HMCS Griffon, Thunder Bay’s Naval Reserve Division, today paid their respects, along with thousands of Canadians, to those who fought in their name during World War II’s long Battle of the Atlantic. The Battle of the Atlantic was fought at sea from 1939 to 1945. The goal was mastery of the North Atlantic. Allied naval and air forces were opposed to the German submarines, whose main targets were the convoys of merchant ships transporting the material and troops vital to safeguarding the freedom of the peoples of North America and Europe.  http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSun, 03 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=956 THUNDER BAY, ON  -----    May 3, 2009   -------  Goeffrey Moull has been a dynamic part of Thunder Bay’s musical life since he assumed the role of Music Director and Conductor in the year 2000. It does not seem that long ago, but his tenure with the orchestra at nine years makes him the second longest serving conductor in the orchestra’s 48 year history. During his time with the orchestra he has accomplished much, in his own words, the TBSO approaches excellence and in this respect it remains one of North Western Ontario’s best kept secrets. The secret is getting out through repeated CBC broadcasts of our small but fully professional orchestra. Recognition at home has come in unexpected ways. “I have to be the only conductor in the country to make the cover of the phone book”, is one of his comments to the mostly full house on Thursday night.    http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxSun, 03 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=957 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 1, 2009 - On Saturday, May 2, photographer, writer and kayaking guide Bryan Hansel from Grand Marais,, Minnesota, will paddle out of the Grand Marais harbour on a 5-month, 3,800-mile solo kayak circumnavigation of all the Great Lakes – the world’s first attempt to do it by kayak. Bryan’s  goals for the trip are to produce a coffee table photography book showing Great Lakes from a kayak, promote paddle sports in Mid-West and resource protection on the Great Lakes. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 01 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=950 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 1, 2009 - Ken House is smiling as he receives his guests at the DaVinci Centre in Thunder Bay. This is Saturday night and he knows that every seat in the house will be sold. It requires a monumental effort to become director of the Fort William Male Choir. Ken has been a member of the choir for 55 years. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 01 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=951 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 1, 2009 - While the Hon. Michael Gravelle was tabling the legislation in provincial parliament today, local media in the city were briefed on the details of the act at Contact North.  In this photo Christine Kaszyki is shown reading the key points of the legislation to members of the press. The document summary follows. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 01 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=952 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 1, 2009 - Michael Gravelle, MPP for Thunder Bay-Superior North announced today the official launch of a provincial program, which will cover significant living expenses for his constituents and other northerners who require a life-saving heart, heart-lung or lung transplant and the transplant hospital requires them to re-locate while they are on the wait-list or during recovery. The program beginning today, and administered by the Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN) will provide a maximum of $650 a month (up to $7800 a year) for patients who live 2.5 hours driving distance from the transplant hospital. . http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 01 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=953 THUNDER BAY, ON - May 1, 2009 – Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES) has launched an ambitious program that over the next five years will divert an additional 160,000 tonnes of waste electronics such as computers and televisions away from landfills and into reuse and recycling solutions. http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 01 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=954 THUNDER BAY, ON -----   May 1, 2009  ------  The Thunder Bay District Health Unit today unveiled its newest website, thunderbayfluoride.ca, that will serve as both an information source and a venue for discussion around the issue of community water fluoridation.   Community water fluoridation (adding controlled amounts of fluoride to a drinking water supply) is regarded as one of the top ten public health achievements in the 20th century. Community water fluoridation has been proven to reduce dental decay by 20% to 40% and is the most cost-effective way of reaching a whole population with fluoride, regardless of social or economic status.      http://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspxFri, 01 May 2009 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.lakesuperiornews.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx?ItemId=955