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Annual St. Urho’s Day celebrations bring silliness ahead of St. Patrick’s Day /10 1263 Amber Dr. • 807.345.7041 www.primaryfoto.ca Vigil held after 50 Muslims killed in New Zealand /4 LINEUP UNVEILED Bryan Adams tops BluesFest bill /13 GOING FOR GOLDIE LIVE AUCTION Saturday, March 23rd 11:00 am Viewing of items 10:00 am 107 JOHNSON AVE Liam Maguire authors LEITH DUNICK MON. - SAT. 9:30AM - 6:00PM Goldthorpe biography /16 KICKED OUT: Grasshoppers were chased out of Finland by St. Urho, according to recent legend, celebrated annually in Thunder Bay. 2 Thursday, March 21, 2019 For your daily news visit www.tbnewswatch.com L OCALNEWS IN BRIEF Body found near County Fair pathway hunder Bay Police Service officers Rusnak at the CJ Sanders Fieldhouse ahead of the federal election, which is The fire was contained in the were dispatched to a business just Tresponded to reports of an unrespon­ on Lakehead University campus on scheduled to take place on Oct. 21. kitchen and fire crews discovered the before 1 a.m. in the zero­to­100 block sive woman on a bike path in the County Friday, according to an event posting body of 30­year­old, Kyle Stoney. A of Court Street North in response to a Fair area just before 1 a.m. on Tuesday. on Hajdu's parliamentary website. 23­year­old woman was also sent to security alarm. A passerby called 911 after seeing the According to the event posting, doors Charge withdrawn hospital with serious injuries. When officers arrived they found the body on a path by a nearby hotel. will open starting at 5 p.m with the 90­ harges against a woman who was In February, the Crown withdrew accused male still inside. The scene is now being held and police minute event beginning at 7 p.m. Carrested in connection to a fire the charges of criminal negligence Police say when the man noticed the are asking the public to avoid the area as The prime minister most recently that resulted in the death of a 30­ causing death and criminal negli­ officers he fled southbound, but was the investigation continues. visited Thunder Bay in April 2016, year­old man have been withdrawn. gence causing bodily harm, as well apprehended quickly after a brief where he made an announcement Tracey Mawakeesick, 48, was first charges of breach of recognizance pursuit. about federal funding for mass transit charged with criminal negligence and breach of probation against Upon further investigation, officers Trudeau to visit projects across the country. causing death and criminal negli­ Mawakeesick. learned the accused had stolen various rime Minister Justin Trudeau is The visit will come days after gence causing bodily harm following items from the business and also Pexpected to visit Thunder Bay for Rusnak announced he will not be a fire at a townhouse on Trillium Way caused some damage to the property. the first time in nearly three years later seeking a second term in the House of on Oct. 15, 2018. Suspect arrested Police have charged a 34­year­old this week. Commons, despite being nominated as When Thunder Bay Fire Rescue 34­year­old Thunder Bay man is Thunder Bay man with breaking, Trudeau is scheduled to hold a town the riding's Liberal candidate last crews arrived, flames and smoke Afacing numerous charges in con­ entering and committing; mischief hall meeting with Thunder­Bay November. were visible coming from the resi­ nection with a break and enter at a under $5,000; failing to comply with Superior North MP Patty Hajdu and Trudeau’s scheduled stop in Thunder dence. A woman was reported to have northside business early Monday. condition undertaking; probation order Thunder Bay­Rainy River MP Don Bay will come about seven months jumped from a second­story window. Thunder Bay Police Service officers non­compliance. Want to Buy or Sell? CLICK ON US. The tbSOURCE Classifieds are online, so it’s easier than ever to sell those unwanted items. www.tbnewswatch.com For your daily news visit www.tbnewswatch.com Thursday, March 21, 2019 3 L OCALNEWS Weather Forecast Rusnak won’t run THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY First­term Liberal MP cites family as reason he’s walking away POLITICS By Doug Diaczuk – TB Source Mainly sunny Mainly sunny Sunny he Liberal Party will need to find Ta new candidate in the Thunder Probability of Precipitation: 20% Probability of Precipitation: 20% Probability of Precipitation: 10% Bay­Rainy River riding for the HIGH 8 LOW -4 HIGH 3 LOW -1 HIGH 10 LOW -1 upcoming federal election that is a lit­ tle more than seven months away. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Don Rusnak, MP for the Thunder Bay­Rainy River riding, has with­ drawn his name as the Liberal Party candidate in the 2019 federal election. The announcement was made on Sunday in letter released by Rusnak, which cites family commitments, including raising two young sons, as the reason for deciding not to seek re­ Sunny election. Mainly sunny Sunny “Though I try to spend as much Probability of Precipitation: 30% Probability of Precipitation: 20% Probability of Precipitation: 10% time with them as I can when I am HIGH 10 LOW -5 HIGH 0 LOW -10 HIGH 3 LOW -7 home in our riding, I’ve missed close to half of their young lives,” Rusnak said. “I want to be there more, for my young family. That’s why, after much contemplation, I have decided to FILE withdraw my name as a candidate for STEPPING DOWN: Liberal MP Don Rusnak says he’s not seeking a second term. Member of Parliament in the upcoming 2019 election. I will no Last September, Rusnak stepped In November 2018, Rusnak was longer be running in this year’s down from his role as Parlimentary acclaimed as the Liberal Party candi­ federal election.” Secretary to the minster of date to run in the Thunder Bay­Rainy In the 2015 federal Indigenous Services, citing River riding. At that time, he said his election, Rusnak earned 44 family committments for top priorities were improving life for per cent of the vote to win his departure. seniors and Indigenous people in the his seat, defeating NPD’s “I want to be “I am proud of all we have region. John Rafferty, Conservative there more achieved in our region these Last month, former Thunder Bay Moe Comuzzi, and Green for my young past few years,” Rusnak city councillor, Linda Rydholm, was Party candidate, Christy family.” said. “We have seen major named the Conservative candidate for Radbourne. investments in the Thunder Bay­Rainy River Riding. DON RUSNAK During his time in parlia­ Confederation College, No other parties have named a candi­ ment, Rusnak served on the Seven Generations and date yet. standing committee on Lakehead University, as In October 2018, Liberal MP, Patty Indigenous and Northern well as major infrastructure Hajdu in the Thunder Bay­Superior Affairs, as well as being named the projects like the construction of the North riding announced she would be chair of the Indigenous Caucus, and Rainy­River Baudette Bridge and the seeking re­election. director at large Canada­Ukraine upgrades to Thunder Bay’s transit The federal election is scheduled to Parliamentary Friendship Group. system.” take place on or before Oct. 21. Councillor will seek Liberal nod POLITICS plan was to help Liberal MP Don Rusnak with his re­ By Leith Dunick – TB Source election efforts. However, on Sunday Rusnak announced he had orthwood Coun. Shelby Ch’ng says she decided, for family reasons, to withdraw his Nplans to seek the federal Liberal nomina­ nomination and not seek a second term. tion in Thunder Bay­Rainy River. “I was asked if I would consider it,” said Ch’ng on Monday confirmed her decision, Ch’ng, first elected to Thunder Bay city council saying it was an unexpected opportunity, but in 2014 and re­elected in a landslide last fall. one she felt she had to take after speaking with “I was a little bit shocked. You think things her husband and close confidants about the are going to go a certain way, but it was encour­ possibility of running for higher office. aging. I think I’m the type of person, I feel like Meanwhile Mayor Bill Mauro, a 15­year I have a calling to serve and this is the step I Liberal MPP before losing his Thunder Bay­ want to take.” Atikokan seat in last June's provinicial election, She added she believes the Liberals will says he's been contacted to gauge his interest, SHELBY CH’NG win re­election nationally and wants to give but hasn’t made up his mind. the region a say at the federal level. Reached by phone in Chicago while on a business trip “The important thing is that we have good represen­ for her bridal shop, Ch’ng said until a few days ago her tation for the riding,” Ch’ng said. 4 Thursday, March 21, 2019 For your daily news visit www.tbnewswatch.com Do you have an opinion to share? 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