Wish I could check this out - if you do, let me know what his work is like

Starbucks Features Alastair C MacKay

February 16th, 2009 - Thunder Bay, ON

Starbucks Chapters location in Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada features six new works by photographer Alastair C MacKay until February 28, 2009.

This is Alastair's second show at Starbucks. (January 2008).

Three black and white works and three colour.

Subjects unclude Alastair's 2 Cows (B&W), light industrial (B&W), a solitary closed for the winter chip-shack in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, as well as colour images of back lane garages and magenta concrete walls and an alternative image of a picture showing in another show, Heavy Metal, at the Thunder Bay Museum.

Yay For Sioux Lookout !! And ABOUT TIME !

By Mike Aiken

Miner and News

Industry Minister Tony Clement brought with him a cheque for $250,000 as he visited Lake of the Woods over the weekend.

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Clement also brought along cheques for more than $848,000 to help downtown revitalization in Sioux Lookout, as well as an industrial and commercial business park near the community's airport. Half a million dollars of the funding will assist with architectural costs for the renovation of the community’s train station and the redevelopment of Centennial Park.

Fire and Ice

Fire ....

Ice ...

And the aftermath

Fierce snowstorm temporarily closes Trans-Canada Highway

A stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway in southeastern Manitoba and northwestern Ontario was reopened Sunday, a day after poor visibility and treacherous driving conditions forced police to shut it down.

The highway was closed for about 24 hours from Falcon Lake, Man., to Thunder Bay, Ont., as a snowstorm hammered the area, bringing high winds and up to 20 centimetres of snow.

The closure forced dozens of cars and trucks to turn around. Many drivers waited out the storm in Falcon Lake, about a 90-minute drive east of Winnipeg.

In Winnipeg, about 20 people were stranded at the Greyhound bus depot after their driver was forced to turn back from Falcon Lake.

While the highway has been reopened, a Department of Transportation spokesman told CBC News that road conditions were still far from ideal on Sunday morning.

Most highways in southeastern Manitoba were in poor shape with icy and snow-packed sections.

Sioux Lookout ; Sure they always get snow for Christmas ...

Forecast Details...

Issued : 5.30 AM EDT Saturday 26 April 2008

Winter storm warning in effect.

Today

Day: Snow at times heavy. Snow mixed with ice pellets early this morning. Risk of freezing rain. Snow and ice pellet amount 10 to 15 cm. Wind northeast 20 km/h. High minus 3.
Night: Snow ending late this evening then cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind northeast 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low minus 8.

Sunday

Cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries in the morning. High plus 2.

Monday

A mix of sun and cloud. Low minus 11. High plus 2.