RFDA Faces Food Donations Shortfall for 2025
Regional Food Distribution Association reports declines in online individual and corporate donations for 2024, with local donors down 27 to 31 percent and no surplus for 2025. Executive director Volker Kromm warns tough choices ahead as scaled back programs and potential reduced aid to Thunder Bay and region may follow. Union donations rose but remain a small share of overall giving. Daily pickups rose 11 percent, while overall food and budget constraints prompt cautious planning.
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Volker Kromm
RFDA
Kromm
Thunder Bay
NorWest Health Hub transitions to HART model in Ontario
NorWest Community Health Centres on Simpson Street gains provincial approval to switch from a consumption and treatment site to a Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hub. The move, part of nine sites converting to HART, aims to bolster primary care mental health and addiction services plus housing and social support across Ontario by April 1.
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NorWest
Simpson Street
Juanita Lawson
NorWest Community Health Centres
HART
Doug Ford
Ministry of Health
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Ottawa
Hamilton
Kitchener
Guelph
Thunder Bay
Path 525
Hart Hub
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Nor- West
District of Thunder Bay Social Services Administration Board
First baby of 2025 born at Thunder Bay center
Kescia Yeomans and Noel Marinoff welcomed Freya Marinoff, born New Year’s Day at 1:52 p.m. weighing seven pounds six ounces and measuring 20 inches. The newborn and mother are doing well at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.
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Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Kescia Yeomans
Noel Marinoff
Freya Marinoff
Freya
Krescia
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