The Walleye

11/17/2025

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We’re reviewing all of this year’s platinum Ultimate Burger Battle - Thunder Bay burgers on our website, link here: https://www.thewalleye.ca/ultimate-burger-battle

Which burgers have you tried so far?🍔

11/14/2025

TOMORROW NIGHT!💫📝🐅

Field Notes for Translating Ghosts: A Decade of Quiet Conversations, an exhibition and book launch, will open tomorrow evening at 6 pm at .labgallery in .

This collaboration between The Walleye and boy Roland marks a decade of the magazine’s Beat department, where poems and short stories are published each month alongside an illustration by boy Roland exploring the written work. Come celebrate the last 10 years of the artistic visions and voices of Northwestern Ontario with us!

11/13/2025

We hope you saved your appetite for this one!🙌🍽️

Next Thursday November 20 we'll be at Entershine Bookshop for an exclusive tasting, pairing, and book signing for the Seasons of Thunder Bay Cookbooks by Chef Rachel.

❄️🎅🏻Learn to make holiday hors-d'oeuvres with Chef Rachel, try recipes from both volumes of the Seasons of Thunder Bay Cookbooks, and enjoy a wine pairing information session with sommelier Jeannie Dubois.

Tickets for this event are available on our website (link here: https://www.thewalleye.ca/shop/p/holiday-tasting-pairing-and-book-signing) and include:

👩🏻‍🍳A demonstration by Chef Rachel to help get you inspired for your upcoming holiday parties
🧁A sample of three different dishes from both volumes of the Seasons of Thunder Bay Cookbooks
🍹A holiday-themed refreshment

Spots are limited! See you there at 7.

Thank you to our sponsor George's Market & Celebrations🫶

11/12/2025

The BIGGEST giveaway of the year is well underway with voting happening NOW for The Best of Thunder Bay 2025 Readers’ Choice Survey, but what’s up for grabs?🙌🥇One lucky winner will walk away with a $2500 curated getaway prize package to experience the best Thunder Bay has to offer through every season courtesy of Tourism Thunder Bay. Without further ado, here’s what’s up for grabs:

🌸 A night at The Courthouse Hotel, dinner at Red Lion Smokehouse , and tickets to a production at Magnus Theatre
☀️ A night at the Delta Hotel , dinner at Bight Restauraunt + Bar , and a signature monohull wine and cheese tour from Sail Superior
🍂 A night at the Valhalla Hotel , dinner at Giorg Cucina é Barra , and Fort William Historical Park tour passes and spending money for the gift shop
❄️ A night at the Nor’Wester Hotel, day passes and ski rentals from Kamview Nordic Centre , and dinner at The Neebing Roadhouse

If you haven’t casted your votes yet, hit the link here https://www.thewalleye.ca/bestoftbay2025 and complete two sections of the survey to be entered in the draw for a chance to WIN!

Think you have what it takes for a number one spot? Share this video to remind your followers they have until the end of the month to vote for you.

Voting closes on November 30 at 11:59 pm. The giveaway and survey winners will be announced in the January issue of The Walleye. Full contest details on our website.

11/08/2025

"I think it was the idea of art and science mixing together," says Heather Peden of her fascination with photography that started in her high school graphic design class. "There's just something kind of magical about it that I very much enjoyed." Years later, she chose the name lightsifting for her Instagram account as a way of describing the way light illuminates and interacts with the natural world, in a way that stops her in her tracks.

Read more about how Peden blends art and science as she captures the natural world on page 42 of the November issue. Story by bonnieschiedel, photos by lightsifting, link here: https://www.flipsnack.com/ECA8CECC5A8/november-2025/full-view.html?p=42

11/05/2025

How do you catch a tone without caging it?
Honour a voice without swallowing it? How do you make shapes speak, shadows laugh, and silence hold its breath?

10 years ago, we attempted to answer some of these questions with the arrival of a poetry submission and an idea to pair it with a tailored illustration by visual artist boy Roland. The words began to leap off the page, and since then, it has become a monthly ritual—this conversation that plays out between the written and visual.

In honour of the last 10 years of celebrating the voices and stories unique to the region, we present Field Notes for Translating Ghosts: A Decade of Quiet Conversations, an anthology that features a selection of written works-from poems, to short stories, to song lyrics-originally published in The Walleye over the last decade alongside boy Roland's visual explorations.
We'll be launching Field Notes for Translating Ghosts on November 15 at 6 pm at Co. Lab Gallery, where you'll be able to see a selection of works and purchase the book.

Books will be available for preorder at a special price as part of a limited-time launch offer on The Walleye website (link here: https://www.thewalleye.ca/shop/p/field-notes-for-translating-ghosts-a-decade-of-quiet-conversations) and remain up for purchase afterwards while quantities last.

11/01/2025

There is no such thing as just one mixtape in a music collection. That’s why we’re happy to present another mixtape edition for The Walleye’s 14th annual Sounds of the City issue, this time with a rock/pop flavour. Here in TBay, we’re so fortunate to have talented musicians who can tug at heartstrings, get down, and tear it up in venues all over town and on our personal playlists too. Check out the inspiration behind the original songs from these eight hardworking local acts... and get ready to rock!

Pick up your hard copy around town or read the digital issue online (link here: https://www.thewalleye.ca/digital-magazine).

Cover photo by Sarah McPherson featuring Sara Kae with special thanks to The Vinyl Frontier Canada.

10/27/2025

A trip to Barbados in the winter of 2023 and the opportunity to watch a man make jewellery on the beach using freshwater pearls was just the inspiration Thunder Bay's Maya Ekman needed to launch her own line of beaded treasures under Sol Pärlor solparlor.

Read more about Ekman, Sol Pärlor, and its recent addition of jewellery crafter Maddy Filipetti on page 38 of the October issue. Story by Pat Forrest, photo of Ekman and Filipetti by Epica Pictures, link here: https://www.flipsnack.com/ECA8CECC5A8/october-2025/full-view.html?p=38

10/24/2025

Justine Gustafson is an Anishinaabe kwe from Whitesand First Nation, Ont. based in Thunder Bay. She is an emerging Indigenous artist who works full time as a beader, recognized for her creative talent by peers, curators, fashion designers, and master bead workers. Agawaatebiigisin (it's reflected in the water) is a major new acquisition to the Thunder Bay Art Gallery featuring Gustafson's beaded bag by the same name alongside new beaded garments, accessories, and bags.

Read more about Gustafson's work on display at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery on page 42 of the October issue. Story by Penelope Smart, link here: https://www.flipsnack.com/ECA8CECC5A8/october-2025/full-view.html?p=42


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10/24/2025

Following a six-year hiatus, the City of Thunder Bay Arts & Heritage Awards made their return last night onstage at Magnus Theatre, where nominees and the public were invited to honour the artistic talent, dedication, and achievements across artistic disciplines. The evening, however, was not just a celebration of the accomplishments of those nominated but a showcase of the varied artistic talent in the community.

Find the full list of this year’s winners on our website, link below.

Following a six-year hiatus, the City of Thunder Bay Arts & Heritage Awards made their return last night onstage at Magnus Theatre, where nominees and the public were invited to honour the artistic talent, dedication, and achievements across artistic disciplines.

10/22/2025

With voting for The Best of Thunder Bay
2025 Readers' Choice Survey underway, we thought now would be a great time for a few quick reminders! 🗳️💡

Tap the photos below for answers to questions we've been seeing come up often⬇️ Don't see the answer to your question here? Comment below, and we'll help you out🙌

Link to survey here: https://www.thewalleye.ca/bestoftbay2025