Posted: Apr 11, 2021 9:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 11
The street outreach program, WiiChiiHehWayWin, operated by Matawa First Nations in Thunder Bay, Ont., had 232 interactions with people, many of whom are homeless, over a period of two months, says Leesa Davey, the program s navigator.(Novikov Alex/Shutterstock)
The WiiChiiHehWayWin street outreach initiative, formed by Matawa First Nations during a series of cascading crises for the vulnerable population in Thunder Bay, Ont., likely saved lives according to the program s navigator.
But after funding expired on March 31, the program is on hold, while the tribal council seeks a way to extend the initiative until at least the end of September.
THUNDER BAY - With hundreds of hours of news footage spanning more than two decades, historians and filmmakers are reaching back into the past with new technologies to tell the stories of the region, including a documentary on the city’s first mayor.
The Thunder Bay Museum, in partnership with ShebaFilms Ltd. and Friends of the Finnish Labour Temple, is continuing to work at digitizing more than 20 years of archival news footage donated by Fraser Dougall as part of its Reel Memories of the Lakehead Newsreel Digitization Project.
“This project has really taken off, to scan in all the archival footage from Dougall Media,” said Scott Bradley, executive director of the Thunder Bay Museum.
Posted: Jan 22, 2021 6:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 22
This screenshot is taken from the film In Search of Wendell Beckwith. The film is narrated by Beckwith’s grandson, Tyler Beckwith Evans, who never met his grandfather, but learned about his life through the film and visiting the cabins.(photo: Thunder Bay museum)
A new documentary film focuses on the life of an American scientist who became a legendary part of northwestern Ontario folklore.
The film, In Search of Wendell Beckwith, has just been released online by the Thunder Bay Museum.
The production is a partnership between the museum and local filmmaker Jim Hyder and it examines the life of Beckwith, an American inventor who lived alone on remote Whitewater Lake, between 1961 and his death in 1980.
THUNDER BAY - It’s been a film at least three years in the making of man whose life has been intriguing people across the region for more than 40 years.
The Thunder Bay Museum recently released In Search of Wendell Beckwith, a documentary film by filmmaker Jim Hyder about the fascinating life of a reclusive man who lived in the Northwestern Ontario wilderness.
“We are really excited about the end product,” said Michael DeJong, curator and archivist with the Thunder Bay Museum. “It has been a labour of love for Jim and his film team to produce this documentary. It feels great to see it come to fruition for sure.”
City awards nearly $3 million in funding for non-profits
City council approves 18 local non-profit groups for 2021 Community, Youth & Cultural Funding Program grants.
Jan 12, 2021 2:46 PM By: Ian Kaufman
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The Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra is among the largest recipients of the city s Community, Youth & Cultural Funding Program in 2021. (Photo by Greg Malo/FILE).
THUNDER BAY – Local non-profits will receive a nearly $3 million injection of municipal funding in 2021, as Thunder Bay’s city council approved a list of 18 organizations for grants under the Community, Youth & Cultural Funding Program.
The grants approved Monday covered most of the more than $3 million requested this year via funding applications from 19 local non-profits.