Since starting at The Walleye, many times I’ve had readers commend the magazine on how we have our fingers on the pulse of all things arts and culture in Thunder Bay. Although our well-informed editorial staff does a fantastic job of generating leads for content, I’ll let you in on a little secret: a lot of our ideas for stories come from readers. With the amount of artists, musicians, and small businesses blossoming it helps to have those tips to keep us at the forefront with the happenings of the city. No more is this apparent with our annual Best of Thunder Bay survey, where we let the masses speak and determine what we feature in the pages of the January issue. I’m very happy to report that we’ve had a record amount of voters participate in this year. For our cover story we profile some of the winners you might or might not know. As always, we encourage readers to check out those unfamiliar names and places featured in the results, in hopes of answering more questions next year.