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Doug Diaczuk

Doug Diaczuk

Doug Diaczuk is a reporter and award-winning author from Thunder Bay. He has a master’s degree in English from Lakehead University and has been working as a freelance and full-time reporter for more than seven years. His work has been published in Geist, SubTerrain, and Quill and Quire Magazine. Doug has been a member of the Tbnewswatch team since 2016 and covers stories relating to arts and entertainment, community events, health care, and court.

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Recent Work by Doug

Former OPG stack comes crashing down (17 photos)

Former OPG stack comes crashing down (17 photos)

A controlled demolition of the 200-metre structure Thursday morning went 100 per cent as planned.
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ONTARIO: Youth charged in connection to Thunder Bay school threats sentenced to 12 months probation

ONTARIO: Youth charged in connection to Thunder Bay school threats sentenced to 12 months probation

The repeated threats against Hammarskjold High School in 2018/2019 resulted in the closure of the school for 12 days
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ONTARIO : Thunder Bay man who threw trailer hitch, killing Indigenous woman, gets 8 years

ONTARIO: Thunder Bay man who threw trailer hitch, killing Indigenous woman, gets 8 years

Brayden Bushby was found guilty of manslaughter for his role in the 2017 death of Barbara Kentner, who was struck by a metal trailer hitch thrown from a moving vehicle by Bushby
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ONTARIO: Advocates call for national long-term care standards

ONTARIO: Advocates call for national long-term care standards

The Ontario Health Coalition held a virtual protest calling on the provincial and federal governments to implement nationalized standards for long-term care facilities
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ONTARIO: Ford apologizes for COVID-19 measures and enforcement

ONTARIO: Ford apologizes for COVID-19 measures and enforcement

Premier Doug Ford said ‘we made a mistake’ when referring to new COVID-19 restrictions and enforcement measures implemented last week, while also saying the government is working on a solution for paid sick days
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ONTARIO: Reinvestigation report into nine Indigenous deaths in Thunder Bay expected in June

ONTARIO: Reinvestigation report into nine Indigenous deaths in Thunder Bay expected in June

The final report on the reinvestigations has been pushed back several times due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic
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First Northern Ontario COVID-19 vaccine administered in Thunder Bay

First Northern Ontario COVID-19 vaccine administered in Thunder Bay

A front-line long-term care worker received the first shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
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CANADA: Federal government will not meet goal to end boil water advisories by spring 2021

CANADA: Federal government will not meet goal to end boil water advisories by spring 2021

NAN Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler said the federal government’s acknowledgement that it will miss its self-imposed deadline to end boil water advisories is ‘disheartening'
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ONTARIO: Thunder Bay residents file $350-million class-action lawsuit against city over leaking pipes

ONTARIO: Thunder Bay residents file $350-million class-action lawsuit against city over leaking pipes

Residents across the city have been experiencing pinhole leaks in copper water pipes and have repeatedly called on the city for answers and have only been met with silence.
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ONTARIO: Physicians lobby government for exemption to use ‘magic mushrooms’

ONTARIO: Physicians lobby government for exemption to use ‘magic mushrooms’

Five physicians in the Northwest are requesting an exemption to use ‘magic mushrooms’ for experiential training in order to help guide terminally ill patients using the treatment
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