RFDA warns of rising food bank demand in Thunder Bay
RFDA chair June Gaw told Thunder Bay city council that food bank use has surged by 83 percent and meals by 80 percent since the pandemic. The group faces funding strains risking home delivery and meal programs, seeks sponsors, and aims to partner with Meals on Wheels and 211 to avoid service duplication while expanding space and a community kitchen.
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RFDA
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Thunder Bay
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Ing
Council
Meals On Wheels
Volker Kromm
Kromm
Indebted students urged to act to curb debt and save
Experts advise high school students to pursue AP credits to cut college costs and to draft a monthly budget to curb debt. They highlight federal repayment plans that reduce or suspend payments, warn against using loans to pay debts, advise against refinancing unless necessary, and caution against paying debt consultants for advice.
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Kindarji
Harris
Jennifer Bishop
Toronto Dominion Bank
ThunderCon prep at CLE Coliseum with Witchy Kitchen booth
Andrew Yates of Witchy Kitchen.tightens a booth at the CLE Coliseum as ThunderCon nears. The convention runs today and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the CLE grounds with celebrity guests, cosplay, gaming demos, lectures, and Q and A sessions. Balloon Stylings team readies a pirate themed escape room for patrons via Countdown Escape Rooms.
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Andrew Yates
Cle Coliseum
CLE
Robbyn Fraser
Misha Gogol
Countdown Escape Rooms
Two locals charged in Thunder Bay drug case after Warrant
Police seized over 100000 Canadian dollars and 600 US dollars, 18 grams of fentanyl and 114 grams of cocaine during a search on McTavish Street. A 26 year old from Chateauguay and a 25 year old from Thunder Bay face cocaine and fentanyl for trafficking charges and proceeds of crime. released with court dates next month. Ontario Provincial Police joint forces guns and gangs led the operation. A separate Dryden incident saw a Surrey resident charged with two counts of causing death by criminal negligence after a April 2023 three vehicle crash on Highway 17. Court date in Dryden set for October 7.
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Thunder
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Surrey
B.C
Thunder Bay man charged in child pornography case
A Thunder Bay resident, 54 year old William Joseph Kearney, faces charges of possession and accessing child pornography after a Walnut Street raid supported by a search warrant. Police say the investigation began last month. multiple electronic devices were seized and he remains in custody with a future court date.
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Walnut Street
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