Thunder Bay, Ont. — New to the Thunder Bay food truck scene this summer is the arrival of Skip the Cone. Owned and operated by business partners Sam Tamblyn and
An unmistakable flash of dark brown fur moving through the greenery caught my eye as I drove down the Trans-Canada Highway hugging the coast of Lake Superior. It was a moose, a young one, and it was alone. Wide-eyed, it stared at my rental car as I pulled over on the shoulder. I could see it gauging whether I was a threat and weighing its options.
Heimo Halonen, of Terrace Bay, passed away suddenly on August 18th, 2023, at the age of 81 years old, in the arms of his wife at home, outside in the sunshine. Heimo was born and grew up in Leppavirta, Finland.
It was just after breakfast somewhere on the Canadian side of Lake Superior when we gathered midship on Deck 6 of the Viking Octantis and waited to be escorted to the “secret” Deck 7. Would the wind scuttle things again or would the scientific highlight of an expedition voyage through the Great Lakes finally happen?