Shelter funding: Thunder Bay board earmarks encampment aid
The Thunder Bay District Social Services Administration Board receives 3.9 million to fund the Encampment Response Initiative and Grace Place expansion, with 2.8 million for operating costs and the rest for capital shelter village funding. The board cites last year’s housing gains and aims to add 50 to 60 affordable homes district wide.
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Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay District Social Services Administration Board
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
District Social Services Administration Board
Ken Ranta
Grace Place
Ranta
Ken Boshcoff
Social Services Administration Board
North Shore
Schreiber
Manitouwadge
Greenstone
Administration Board
Thunder Bay club donates to Grace Place on Simpson Street
The Thunder Bay Vintage Sports Car Club presents a 1000 cheque to Grace Place recognizing their work. Pictured are Geoff Reynolds, Pastor Gary Macsemchuk, Bob Griffiths, and Glenn Burton. The club donates yearly to worthy causes with Grace Place this year highlighted.
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Thunder Bay
Meters available to test for radioactive gas
Carl Clutchey reports that Oliver Paipoonge libraries loan radon meters like books with three week checkouts. Readings in local areas show high radon levels, prompting advice to test in winter and seal foundations if readings exceed 150 Bq/m3.
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Oliver Paipoonge
Maxine McCulloch
Murillo
McCulloch
Thunder Bay
CMHA Fort Frances urges election focus on mental health
CMHA Fort Frances and other Ontario branches press party leaders to address mental health and addictions in the north amid rising demand and wait lists. The north faces a drug poisoning crisis with 60 opioid deaths per 100000 last year, far above the provincial rate of 22. Indigenous homelessness and service gaps are highlighted, with calls for concrete solutions before election day Thursday.
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Canadian Mental Health Association
Fort Frances
Charlene Strain
Ontario
Kenora
Thunder Bay
Sault Ste. Marie
CMHA
North Bay
Mary Davis
Ontario election heats up with final leader pushes
With days to go before voting, Liberal Bonnie Crombie accuses Premier Ford of delaying diversification and calls for tariff awareness. NDP’s Marit Stiles visits London Cambridge and Waterloo while Green leader Mike Schreiner campaigns in cottage country with Parry Sound Muskoka candidate Matt Richter.
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Progressive Conservatives
Liberal
Bonnie Crombie
Ford
Ontario
Mark Carney
Donald Trump
Carney
Crombie
NDP
Marit Stiles
London
Ont
Cam
Bridge
Waterloo
Toronto
Green Party
Mike Schreiner
Cottage Country
Huntsville
Parry Sound-Muskoka
Matt Richter
Rescues, smoke damage after Thunder Bay southside fire
Fire crews responded to a two alarm south side blaze on Pacific Avenue. Two occupants were rescued including one via ladder. all were accounted for. Smoke filled the structure with significant damage while water loss was minimal. investigators probe cause. A second south side fire on Northern Avenue was eventually controlled with no injuries.
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Thunder Bay
City Fire Service
Pacific Avenue
South Side
Northern Avenue
Thunder Bay man charged with distributing intimate images
A Thunder Bay man, 32, is accused of non-consensual distribution of intimate images and faces charges including identity fraud, criminal harassment, accessing child pornography, luring a child, and making sexually explicit material available to a child. He appeared in court and was remanded. Separate reports include a spousal assault in Dryden with a March court date and a flooding closure on Carrick Street in Thunder Bay.
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Thunder Bay
William Heidrick
Dryden
Ontario
OPP
Carrick Street
11Th Avenue
Hewitson Street
Harbour Expressway
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