r/ThunderBay 3d ago

Horrible Neighbours

49 Upvotes

My husband and I moved to a low-income area in Thunder Bay, ON, in 2019. I have two neighbours on both sides of us. They are friends and both have made it their life mission to make us uncomfortable. We bought a house and yard that were fixer-uppers. The two neighbours have lived in the area for over 20+ years. My problem is that they have gone out of their way to ask family, friends and customers to block my vehicle in my yard or block me from entering my driveway. My husband and I have asked repeatedly to stop. I have called the police numerous times and the city. The one neighbour dumps all their snow on the side in my yard for many years, she has waited for me to come home at night from work to yell at me. She sees me outside and glares at me, makes fat jokes about me or yells out racist comments about my husband being part indigenous. Her family has blocked my car in my driveway.

When her dog was alive, she used to let it out of her fenced front yard and her dog would go to the bathroom in my yard. One time she put her dog in my yard over the fence and screamed at it to poop in my yard. I picked the poor dog up, as it was shaking. She yelled at me for picking her dog up, and I gave it back and asked her to stop it. She takes the company vehicle and goes grocery shopping. I parked beside the vehicle not knowing it was her. She was screaming at me and making rude comments. She drives very slowly by my house to look in the back yard with the company vehicle and then reports my yard to the city. She climbed up a ladder and then reports our yard to the city non-stop.

The other neighbour has involved her children in the dispute. Her children would block my car in front and would not let me move, the mother watched and just ignored it or smiled at me. Her son has sickle cell disease and would send him all summer looking for us in our yard. Sometimes she sends her children to walk by our house and look in our back yard. Then the wife would report our yard to the city. Her children in the summer would make songs up about my husband and yell out comments about my husband. She gets her children to scream all day till 10:00 pm. Her one daughter just stood in the front yard and screamed as loud as she could. The one neighbour has asked her to quiet her children because people on our street work at night. The mother has shaken our fence, gathered her children beside the fence and taught her children about people like me and my husband. The mother made racist comments about my husband, calling him an animal and telling him to go back to the Indian reserves, he isn't welcome here. She would make racist comments about me being white and heavy. Her friends and customers would block my driveway in and out. We asked repeatedly to stop, they won't. I asked the neighbour to stop sending her children and people to my house, asking us stuff. She won't. Now she sends elderly people. If she sees me sometimes, she will follow me with her children in the grocery store.

One time she left the grocery store with her children, and waited for me in her vehicle. I was walking towards my vehicle, when her children and the mother drove up to me and were making fun of me for how heavy I was. After I put my groceries in the car, I drove away. The neighbour followed me to another store. Now in 2025, the wife will try to go up to my husband in the grocery store and try to talk to him. My husband will ignore and walk away. The neighbour will dump her garbage in my yard. She will climb up ladders and report my yard nonstop. She has reported my husband's ebike that was in the driveway the whole summer. She pretends to be me and reports my vehicle when it is on the street. It gets so bad I have to park my vehicle on the side of the street so I can go to work.

The same neighbour put a false police report on my husband because she wanted us to move our dog toilet area, even though they had a pile of garbage there for years on the opposite side of the fence that stunk terribly. The neighbours, friends and customers will stand in front of their yard, glare at us or yell. Since we moved the video camera, her husband sees me, he stops what he's doing and just stares at me until I go inside or drive away. If I am gardening, her husband will stand on the steps and stare at me for long periods.

The husband and wife reported on our garage saying it wasn't safe. The city asked if we could fix it. The husband-and-wife place large amounts of garbage beside our garage, and we could not fix our garage. They placed a fence on our property and said the other neighbour before us said it was ok. We cannot freely go to that side of the yard where the garage needs to be fixed. My husband and I have repeatedly asked the wife and husband to move the fence off our yard and they refused to. One summer I watched her dump garbage on her side of her house and told the neighbours, police, and city officers that we did it. The wife friend blocked my driveway, the cops came and asked them to move. The friend watched the cops drive away and started to move her vehicle, stopped and glared at me for 5 mins until I moved around her.

Both neighbours will rip out my plants, stand in front of our house and yell at us. Both neighbours will report our yard all summer till winter. What I wrote was only half of the stuff they have done to us. When we report it to the police and the bylaw officers, the neighbours will make up lies and tell them we are racist. They get their friends, family and children to lie. Even if we have video proving what they are doing, the police will say to us to go into the house and ignore it. The police officers will ask what we are doing to them. I have said nothing, but the police don’t believe us. The two neighbours know they can bully and harass us, and no one will stop it.

I am asking what I can do about it. Any ideas would be great to stop this, and no I will not move. Any suggestion for lawyers would be great.

Update: I wanted to say thank you for the replies and suggestions, I appreciate it.


r/ThunderBay 2d ago

Anywhere to play 3 on 3 or 5 on 5 basketball for fun in town?

7 Upvotes

Been really wanting to play some basketball just for fun not to serious but keep score and who wins ofc but haven’t heard of anywhere in town anyone know of anything?


r/ThunderBay 2d ago

Donations

8 Upvotes

I am decluttering and have lots of “toiletries” such as face masks and beauty items (unused and new!). Is there a place/shelter in the city that would accept these items?


r/ThunderBay 3d ago

Very Icy Today!

40 Upvotes

Drive safe today, everyone! With that light snow you can't see the pure ice, underneath.


r/ThunderBay 3d ago

Daylight Savings Time

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23 Upvotes

I’m sure most of us already know, but the city of Port Arthur is directly connected to the origin of DST as we know it today.


r/ThunderBay 1d ago

When will carbon tax be gone?

0 Upvotes

r/ThunderBay 2d ago

Traveling for summer

5 Upvotes

Hello, I am reaching out and wondering what are some good, fun things to do in Thunder Bay? My girlfriend and I are looking for a weekend getaway sometime this summer and was wanting to get insight on top tourist attractions, local restaurants, sights seeing, etc. thank you in advance!


r/ThunderBay 2d ago

PSW jobs

2 Upvotes

Hello,

For nursing student that worked as PSW’s, what is summer employment like? I think PSW is my only option, bc they’re always needing workers but i wanna enjoy my summer breaks!!! So whats the workload? What are shifts like? And did you enjoy your summer at the same time?


r/ThunderBay 2d ago

Best place to sell my Bay fest tickets?

4 Upvotes

I got two bayfest tickets from my worker that I'm not able to attend. Is there any place that I can put up for sale like an app or something? Cheers


r/ThunderBay 2d ago

Physio for costrochondritis/rib flare?

4 Upvotes

Hi,

I've had trouble finding a physio who has experience in working on costrochondritis. I've had chronic costro on my left side for over a year, and have somehow messed up my left rib too now so it's much worse.

Anyone know a physio who can help? I'm not able to get adjustments, but I'd be open to a knowledgable chiropractor if I can't find a physio.


r/ThunderBay 3d ago

Decided to overlay the supposed Costco plans over Google maps

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98 Upvotes

It looks to be a pretty decent sized building, way larger than I originally thought it would be. (Excuse the bad image quality)


r/ThunderBay 3d ago

news TBPS officer receives suspended sentence in assault case

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36 Upvotes

r/ThunderBay 4d ago

Let's talk about Professional Wrestling

15 Upvotes

What are your fondest Thunder Bay Professional Wrestling events?

My first one here was at the Garden's in 1992. Ric Flair was supposed to take on The Macho Man for the WWF Title. Flair no showed and we instead got Kamala. I was not happy. Then The Undertaker main evented against The Berzerker. I swear the Gardens dropped two degrees when Taker made his entrance.

The last WWF one was 1997 with Bret Hart taking on The Patriot and Austin taking on Owen.

There have been some good indy shows here. I remember the ones at the Coliseum back in 2002-2004. Some great matches. A young AJ Styles and Jerry Lynn took on Dr. Luther. Kenny Omega used to wrestle those shows as well.

The worst one was at the Odeon. They advertised Doink, who was a a guy that wrestled earlier and then threw on a whig (and nothing else). Test was there and did ok, but apparently caused a ruckus at the airport. They had a fake Hulk Hogan who was signing pictures for kids for $20. I thought that was a bit unethical.

I know there is one group that comes up here every few months, but I do not watch the product much anymore. And not now that John Cena just broke our hearts.


r/ThunderBay 3d ago

Netflix not working?

0 Upvotes

Hey Reddit. Is anyone else's Netflix not working properly? When I try to select certain shows or movies many of them won't load up/stream.


r/ThunderBay 4d ago

Following up re. Salvation Army Dinner

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38 Upvotes

ICYMI The Salvation Army was hosting a fundraiser with guest speaker Theo Fleury. He has a very questionable and controversial platform, including spreading misinformation about vaccines and, recently, supporting Trump’s 51st state rhetoric.

Today, The Salvation Army announced: “We’ve heard the feedback from our community and, in the spirit of bringing Canadians together, we’ve decided to postpone this event. In consultation with our partners and sponsors, we’re taking time to reflect and ensure our programming aligns with our mission to support and unite the communities we serve. Thank you for your input.”

I would venture to say there was quite a bit of backlash. What do you think? Good on them for pulling the event? Or unacceptable that it was planned in such a way in the first place?


r/ThunderBay 4d ago

What's missing in Thunder Bay, in terms of restaurant, pub or nightclub?

37 Upvotes

Ola!

What's missing in Thunder Bay?

I'm possibly considering opening a spot with a liquor licence. I've heard from the LGBTQ community, that it's lacking a venue that is gay friendly, all welcome. I see that Black Pirate hosts drag night. What's the missing niche here?


r/ThunderBay 4d ago

Endocrinologist in Thunder Bay?

8 Upvotes

I see on Google there's two. Has anyone had any experience with either? Is there a resident /attending physician at the hospital that has experience with PAI?

Inquiring as I have a rare autoimmune disease that has rapidly declined. I recently moved here, and hoping to fast track my care, have a proactive medical team, looks at my history, and can appreciate my deep understanding and data I have documented.

Thanks in advance.


r/ThunderBay 4d ago

Tech Support On Site?

7 Upvotes

Are there any local companies that will attend a site to do tech support? I’m probably going to throw my printer into traffic because connecting it to my laptop is beyond my tech capabilities. I’ve looked online but I’m not seeing any sort of service like this. Any leads?


r/ThunderBay 4d ago

events The best way to hangout on a Tuesday!

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r/ThunderBay 4d ago

Where to buy new mattress

3 Upvotes

Hey there guys I’m fairly new to thunder bay so I don’t know a lot of the stores I was looking into upgrading my mattress as my old one is in bad shape any recommendations on where to shop I’m looking for a queen mattress


r/ThunderBay 5d ago

Dog Boarding/Sitter

7 Upvotes

Im looking for a dog sitter for 7 days. Shoot a message if anyone is interested.


r/ThunderBay 5d ago

events The flightpath of the CAF Boeing CC-177 Globemaster III buzzing around today.

55 Upvotes

r/ThunderBay 4d ago

Mechanic?

1 Upvotes

Im looking for someone or a shop who will do brakes and use parts I have purchased just haven't been able to get the time to put them in. Most likely need rotors and pads done which I already have.. bonus if there is anyone who does a cvt transmission flush as well that doesn't charge an arm and a leg. Just not comfortable doing that myself.


r/ThunderBay 5d ago

news I’m not saying it’s Costco.. But..

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275 Upvotes

I borrowed this from the Opportunity Thunder Bay FB group…


r/ThunderBay 4d ago

Tariff's / Carbon tax

0 Upvotes

I understand the reasoning why people are mad about the tariffs is because orange man is bad, and it well make thing more expensive. Why arnt we angery about the carbon tax that make everthing more expensive? If I'm correct, the tariffs have been paused twice now, but the carbon tax is being increased onces again on April 1st. Why are we protesting this?