Voyage North
with Cathy Alex

L'Association des Francophones du Nord-Ouest de l'Ontario is holding it's annual general meeting this weekend in Thunder Bay. The group advocates for Francophones in the region.

Chantal Brochu is AFNOO President. She says in the Northwest, more services are being offered in French.

But Brochu says there's room for improvement.

No matter how old you are, you probably remember what you wore to the prom.

There may be photos that make you smile...or cringe...about your fashion sense.

Or maybe there are no photos, and no memories because you couldn't afford a fancy dress or new suit.

That's a situation librarian Jocelyn Laffin is helping this year's crop of prom-goers in Kenora avoid.

Kathleen Wynne and Ontario's Liberals are breathing a sigh of relief this week. Their minority government has survived its first budget.

Premier Wynne paid a visit to Thunder Bay today and came by our studio.

Here's her full, uncut conversation with Voyage North host Cathy Alex.

Hammarskjold High School in Thunder Bay officially opened on May 22, 1963.

So today, the school--which is home of the Vikings--is marking its 50th anniversary.

Bob Main is Hammarskjold's first student council president. Emma Tranter currently holds the position.

They joined Cathy Alex in studio to compare Hammarskjold past and present.

All original, all by women, and of course, all blues.
That sums up Blues Women International: The Hopson Sessions Live.
The album saw some of the world's top female singers gather in Mississippi to share their music, and their passion for the blues.
Atikokan's Sunday Wilde is one of the featured artists on the CD.

We meet Sgt Neil Herman. He's just back from an intensive 10-week training program with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Thunder Bay's Urban Greenscapes is a volunteer group that works to keep natural areas clean in the city.

Today, they headed over to a homeless camp in the East End, right on the edge of Charry's Park.

The change in seasons hasn't been kind to the place. Blankets and makeshift tents have been left floating in knee-deep water.
Dan Fulton is the founder of Urban Greenscapes. He and Trent Thompson spent the afternoon cleaning up the site.

Don Lalond looked on as they worked, and says he's one of the people who lived there over the winter.

The head of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario made the rounds today in Thunder Bay .

Doris Grinspun was in the city to push for more nurses to be added at the Lakhead Nurse Practicioner-Led Clinic.

Right now the clinic is at capacity, and can't take anymore patients. But Doris Grinspun says with $300,000 in funding, that can change (and would save money in the long run).

Grinspun says if there's no funding announcement by September, she'll return to Thunder Bay and stay until the clinic gets the help it needs.

Definitely Superior Art Gallery's Die Active youth art collective has struck again. With the company's blessing, the young artists have covered the walls of the Mac's Convenience Store on Simpson Street.

Voyage North's Associate Producer Josh Lynn checked out the art work in progress.

Flooding has forced hundreds of people out of their homes on Kashechewan First Nation.
Many of them have been brought to Thunder Bay.

We check in on how the emergency response is going.