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Sunshine List includes Thunder Bay hospital, city officials

The heads of the fire department, the police and area hospitals are among the high-earners in Thunder Bay who appear on the latest Sunshine List.
Andre Robichaud, outgoing CEO of Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, topped the list among locals on the province's Sunshine List, having earned $399,000 in 2014. (Nicole Ireland/CBC)

The heads of the fire department, the police and area hospitals are among the high-earners in Thunder Bay who appear on the latest Sunshine List.

The province on Friday released its annual list of public sector employees who made more than $100,000 in 2014, and AndreRobichaud, outgoing CEO of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, topped the list among local names with $399,000.

Two executive vice-presidents at the regional hospital were also listed: Dr. Mark Henderson and Dr. Stuart Kennedy made $328,000 and $248,000, respectively.

Tracy Buckler, CEO of St. Joseph's Care Group, earned $326,000 while four psychiatrists made over $350,000. Another eight psychiatrists at St. Joe's were paid between $300,000 and $350,000.

At city hall, police chief J.P. Levesque made $215,000, fire chief John Hay made $163,000 and city manager Tim Commisso brought in $236,000.

A total of 111,438 public sector workers in Ontario made the latest list, up by more than 13,600 over last year.