Bank of Canada aims to keep inflation at two percent
Expert notes symmetical target as central bank maintains focus on preventing inflation from rising above or dipping below two percent. After 2022 rate hikes to 5 percent and a 2024 cut, inflation declined as supply chains recovered. Analysts forecast further two 0.5 point cuts by mid next year while the Fed also eyes a rate cut.
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New bench at Boulevard Lake marks district anniversary
Thunder Bay ATOERO District 2 unveils a new park bench beside Boulevard Lake sports courts to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The project honors 1,600 plus education retirees and follows previous benches at Vickers Park and Thunder Bay Friendship Gardens. District president Randy Kushnier coordinated the effort for the community.
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Thunder Bay
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Randy Kushnier
Thunder Bay Atoero District 2
District 2
Vickers Park
Thunder Bay Friendship Gardens
African women scientists visit Experimental Lakes Area
Eight female scientists from Africa participate in a Canadian program at the Experimental Lakes Area near Kenora Ontario. Claire Ajambo of Uganda praises Indigenous knowledge and conservation as she shares how the lakes experience could inform Uganda’s fish farming. The visit, organized by African Women in Science, aims to build capacity and advance biodiversity research across Africa’s Great Lakes and tributaries.
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Uganda
Experimental Lakes
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Kenya
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Zambia
Democratic Republic of Congo
Canada
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African Center For Aquatic Research and Education
African Great Lakes
Accelerate small business tech conference to empower local firms
Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre hosts Accelerate: Small Business Tech Conference at Valhalla Hotel on Sept 26. Jeff Coull says the event will showcase software solutions for accounting operations and marketing, with sessions on digital tools Amazon selling AI basics and cybersecurity. He notes grants can offset costs but firms must invest some funds. For more information visit AccelerateTbay.ca.
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AccelerateTbay.ca
Marathon residents facing drug trafficking charges after raids
Three Marathon residents including Daniel Albert Rube and Rosalie McGrath, both 54 and 33, were charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking after Ontario Provincial Police seized more than 40,000 dollars worth of cocaine heroin and hundreds of pills in a dawn two-home raid on McLeod Drive. Kevina Mulrooney, 35, also charged with drug trafficking counts and possession of cocaine and property obtained by crime. bail hearings set for Rube and McGrath, Mulrooney due in court October 16.
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Kevina Mulrooney
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McGrath
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