Highest number of homicides in the city's history, year of turmoil for Thunder bay Police Service leadership, Ken Boschcoff returns to mayor's office, and lifting of COVID-19 restrictions leads to more normal summer events
Unfortunately, when telling the story of the city in 2022, the deadly record it set cannot be ignored, though in any other year, the situation at the Thunder Bay Police Service would have easily been our No. 1 story of the year.1. The city recorded 15 confirmed murders over the past 12 months, the highest number since the city was formed more than half-a-century ago.
3. A familiar face returned to the mayor’s chair after Bill Mauro decided he’d had enough of politics and took a job in the private sector. Ken Boshcoff fought off four other challengers, including Coun. Peng You, to become mayor for the first time in 19 years. Several long-term councillors, including Rebecca Johnson, Aldo Ruberto and Brian McKinnon, also called it a day, leading to five new faces around the council table.
5. The indoor turf facility dominated city council for much of the year, and ultimately a proposed $44.8-million project planned for Chapples Park was shelved when senior levels of government rejected an application for $22 million in funding. The project was resurrected late in the year when Soccer Northwest brought forward a $25-million, Hangar-like proposal for lands near the Canada Games Project, which the city will study.
7. Local and regional politicians and First Nations leaders travelled to Edmonton to listen first-hand to Pope Francis apologize for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in the residential school system and the decades of abuse suffered by students force to attend the schools.
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