A 102 year old man donates art to the city

The city has added a 130 year old painting to its art collection.  The Piece depicts the sailboat Shamrock in front of the Sleeping Giant and was painted by Lucious Richard O'Brien.  The painting was donated by 102 year old Burton Brown who lives in the North side of town. 

Giertuga will run for council again

Councillor Trevor Giertuga has filed his papers to run in the upcoming municipal election. Giertuga finds himself in a 3 horse race in McIntyre ward. He has sat on council for the past 10 years.

Online voting up for discussion at City Hall

The possibility of online voting in the upcoming municipal election gets a look at city hall Monday night. It's one of the ideas being floated by administration to help increase voter turnout. While Councillor Iain Angus says he welcomes breaking down voting barriers, he still has questions. Also Monday councillors will be asked to consider putting a question on the ballot to reduce the size of City Council and the Aboriginal Liaison will present her annual report to council

Mayor and councillors lobby ministers

Mayor Lynn Peterson is expressing confidence local issues were heard by some key government ministers. The Mayor and three councillors were in Toronto this week at a conference and took time to button-hole some cabinet ministers. That included Corrections minister Rick Barolucci who was told about the need for more detox beds in the city. Aboriginal Affairs minister Chris Bentley was also asked to locate a ministry office in Thunder Bay