Thunder Bay police report rising calls and big cocaine seizure
Thunder Bay Police Chief Darcy Fleury notes February calls rose to 4 095 from 3 764 a year earlier with increases in intimate partner violence assault and threats to self harm. The force executed 45 warrants up from 29 and seized about 2 million in drugs including 20 kilograms of cocaine plus over 1 million in property and four handguns and cash.
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Thunder Bay
Darcy Fleury
Project Marble
Fleury
Mar
Red Rock Band to Stage Chief Byelection After Vote Row
Following an emergency meeting on February 27 the Red Rock Indian Band announces a byelection for chief. An electoral officer will be chosen this week in the Band Office boardroom ahead of the byelection, with former Chief Marcus Hardy not appealing the earlier removal vote. The next general band meeting is set for April 3.
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Red Rock
Hardy
Red Rock Indian Band
Band Office
Drug charge after overdoses in Marten Falls First Nation
Nishnawbe Aski Police say three drug overdoses on Feb 29 led to a drug trafficking investigation. Victims received Narcan and were treated. all survived. Suspect Shannon Melanie Coaster, 27, of Marten Falls, faces a fentanyl trafficking charge and was released with conditions pending court.
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Marten Falls
Nishnawbe Aski
Narcan
Shannon Melanie Coaster
Coaster
Brisket Jam Smashburger funds aid to Dew Drop Inn
Theresa Stewart owner of The Social created the Brisket Jam Smashburger for a February fundraiser. Four dollars from each sale plus donor support built to five thousand dollars for the Dew Drop Inn, recognizing its aid to a newcomer who joined The Social staff.
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Theresa Stewart
Social
Stewart
Dew Drop Inn
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Brady Financial Services Inc
Dewhurst Insurance Ltd
Additone’s Sheet Metal and Heating Ltd
Bayview Renovations and Contracting
Allen Equipment Contracting Corp
Maltese Grocery
Bennett’s Bakery
Abu Hena Mostafa Kamal
Aroland First Nation to Build Elders Lodge With $20 Million Grant
Indigenous Services Canada and Chief Sonny Gagnon announced more than 20 million dollars for Aroland First Nation to construct an elders lodge on reserve near Wawong Lake. The project aims to bring elders home from Thunder Bay and other communities, add a nurse station, and support language and knowledge programs while addressing housing shortages. Groundbreaking is planned for late April or May with completion in about two years.
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Aroland
Indigenous Services Canada
Patty Hajdy
Sonny Gagnon
Chad Kashkish
Areland First Nation
Kashkish
Thunder Bay
Geraldton
Longlac
Mendowegan
Areland
Bernard Gagnon
Gagnon
Sam Kashkeesh
Council
Matawa
Kashkeesh
Pennco Construction
Winnipeg
Wawong Lake
Infrastructure Canada
Elders Lodge
MPs plan pay raises as food banks demand rise
MPs prepare to boost pay on April 1 with backbench MPs at 202 700 and cabinet ministers at 299 300. Critics call the timing tone deaf as households struggle for essentials amid rising rents and utilities while Salvation Army food banks and soup vans stay busy in Thunder Bay.
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Health Unit
Kim McGibbon
Salvation Army
Gail Kromm
Cumberland Street
Kromm
Thunder Bay
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