Traveler shocked to learn hotel also used as COVID isolation shelter Warren Boucher, who travelled to Thunder Bay to visit his ailing 86-year-old mother, said he received no advance warning about the situation, from either the hotel or Expedia. Mar 11, 2021 10:49 AM By: Leith Dunick Warren Boucher of Toronto says he was angered to learn a hotel he'd booked in Thunder Bay was also being used as a COVID-19 isolation centre, adding he got no advance notice of the situation until he arrived at the hotel. (Leith Dunick, tbnewswatch.com) THUNDER BAY – A former Fort William First Nation resident says he’s still shaking after learning he checked in to a south-side hotel that it is also being used as a COVID-19 isolation centre.