THUNDER BAY — It's final touches and clean up at the Canada Games Complex.
The recreation centre has been closed since early June, while major renovations were completed over the summer.
Upgrades and additional showers have been installed in the men's and women's change rooms, as well as a brand-new, fully accessible and gender-neutral change room has been installed.
There are also several adult-sized change tables available in the change rooms, which provides better accessibility access to patrons.
Work on the new boiler system has been completed and is expected to have a lifespan of 20-25 years, according to Kelvin Jankowski, who is the city's supervisor of capital facilities construction.
Staff have been back at the complex ahead of the opening date of Oct. 18.
Kim Begin, is the complex's supervisor of aquatics, wellness and youth, is happy at the amount of returning staff; "We're really happy that a lot of our staff have decided to return to work here."
She did note that there is some difficulty when it comes to lifeguards and daytime hours to be filled, "We're always actively recruiting and training lifeguards, especially students coming from out of town who may have daytime availability with their class schedule."
Programming will be the same as previous fall seasons at the complex and registration for any programming will still go through the PerfectMind website.
