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Conroe wished a World War II veteran happy 100th birthday from the sky on Saturday.

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Thunder Bay will be helping to build a polar ice breaker for the Canadian Coast Guard. Hamilton based Heddle shipyards spokesperson Ted Kirkpatrick tells us the type of ship was announced last week by the federal government, although work has not started yet locally. “From a logistical point of view, Thunder Bay makes a lot of sense, to fabricate and ship larger modules and components,” says Kirkpatrick. Sections of the ship will be built in different cities nationwide.   “There’s still a lot of work to be done in terms of the design of the vessel, and understanding what facility is...

THUNDER BAY – A Thunder Bay shipyard will have a hand in building the new flagship vessel in the Canadian Coast Guard’s icebreaking fleet, with the project expected to create local jobs. The federal government announced details Thursday of plans to purchase two new heavy ice breakers for the coast guard’s Arctic operations, expanding the capabilities of its aging fleet. The flagship polar icebreaker, already designated as the CCGS John G. Diefenbaker, will be built by Vancouver-based Seaspan, the government announced. When completed, it will be the largest ship in the coast gua...

Share This Do you (or someone you know) have a 200-300 word story about you and CKUA that you’d like to share with us? Please let us know by writing us. We’d love to feature it! What do such stories look like? Well, here’s one by our esteemed Natch’ Blues host, Holger Petersen! My CKUA story begins back in 1968 when I started the two-year Radio and Television Arts course at NAIT. I already had a passion for music and had been collecting records and following bands since my early teens. The British Invasion-influenced R&B and blues groups opened my world. That music pointed me in the...