Fire recovery fund aids Murillo family after week end blaze
Nearly $4,000 was raised by Friday for a Pole Line Road home badly damaged by fire. No injuries occurred. six occupants including two children stay with relatives. A GoFundMe to cover housing and unexpected costs aims for $5,000. The fire cause is under investigation. Oliver Paipoonge Fire Department responded.
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Jason Hearn
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Hearn
GoFundMe
Fort McMurray
Alta
Dle
Oliver Paipoonge
Kindergarten preview at Thunder Bay board open house
Future students tour neighborhood schools during a kindergarten open house hosted by the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board. Coordinator Paul Mackett demonstrates using Scratch and Makey Makey to interact with musical fruit and vegetables. Families can revisit schools on Feb 8 from 4 to 6 p.m.
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Thunder Bay Catholic District
Paul Mackett
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Makey Makey
FWEN Students Urged to File Inspire Applications
Fort William First Nation calls on college and university bound members to submit Inspire scholarship and bursary fund applications before Thursday. Indspire awarded 7,500 awards totaling over 27.5 million dollars in 2022 23, with Rio Tinto as a major funder since 2008.
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Fort William
London
Rio Tinto
Indspire
Major drug bust in Fort Frances nets $500k in drugs
Rainy River OPP and Treaty Three Police executed a CDSA warrant on Osborne Street Fort Frances around 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Authorities seized cocaine crack cocaine oxycodone fentanyl morphine and about $30 000 in drug related proceeds. Devon Bramble 30 of East York and Justine Chiefson 33 of Fort Frances face five counts of trafficking related charges along with additional counts for Bramble. None have been proven in court.
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Fort Frances
OPP
Treaty Three
Osborne Street
Devon Bramble
East York
Ont
Justine Chiefson
Bramble
Dryden council split over 2024 tax increase rate
Dryden residents may face a property tax rise with a decision pending on a 4.31 or 6.4 percent increase. Councillors Tardiff and three others opposed the lower budget motion, urging more funds for Eagles Landing golf course and Memorial Avenue rehab. A draft budget is due February 12 with a 15.8 million tax levy and policing at 5.5 million.
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Coun
Michelle Price
Bryan Tardiff
Tardiff
Price
Jack Harrison
Martin MacKinnon
Eagles Landing
Memorial Avenue
Bill Latham
Council
Ontario funds boost for Northwestern Ontario pediatric care
A $2 million provincial investment supports Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre George Jeffrey Children's Centre and Children's Centre Thunder Bay. The newborn transport team gains $1 million to serve remote communities, rehabilitation access expands at George Jeffrey, and pediatric mental health at the Thunder Bay centre receives $103,000.
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Ontario
Thunder Bay
George Jeffrey Children’s Centre
Children’s Centre
Tina Bennett
Diane Walker
Walker
Ontario reviews report on postsecondary funding and oversight
Government reviews a government commissioned report urging higher tuition and funding for colleges and universities. NDP criticizes PC inaction while the province works with sectors to find efficiencies and pledges details by February. Ontario faculty groups demand more funding and warn against privatization effects on students.
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Ontario
NDP
Canada
Colleges and Universities Ministry
Indspire
Indspire.ca
Progressive Conservatives
Jamie West
Dunlop
Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations
Nigmendra Narain
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