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Hajdu 'thrilled' to see city addressing homeless crisis
TBNewsWatch
52If over 60% of the homeless are indigenous, shouldn’t indigenous affairs shoulder their share of the cost
3- John Adrian
City considering $4 million for temporary shelter village
TBNewsWatch 46After seeing the tent community, one has to ask, how soon before this village becomes a ghetto.
3- John Adrian
Exploding propane cylinders reported at overnight encampment fire
TBNewsWatch 48There are signs posted at the Mission Marsh by LRCA, no fires, no alcohol, no tents. Why can’t these rules be applied to city owned properties?
1- John Adrian
Kam River site too expensive for shelter village location: memo
TBNewsWatch 43Drive by the current location, it’s a ghetto. The garbage piling up is a look into the future of what the “homeless village” will resemble. There is no good location for it.
3- John Adrian
'Cannot confirm or deny' it’s a Costco says developer
TBNewsWatch 44Walmart has had free rein for years, regardless of who builds competition is good for the consumers. BTW you would have to search far and wide for a city of our size to have 3 Walmarts. I think they accomplished their goal of eliminating competitors.
1- John Adrian
Two sites identified for 'village' for homeless people
TBNewsWatch 43So the solution they come up with is “let’s build a slum area”.
1- John Adrian
Thunder Bay Police Service under inspection
TBNewsWatch 37Wouldn’t having the Nishnawbe Aski police handle all calls involving indigenous cases alleviate the distrust aimed at the TBPS.
6- John Adrian
NAN welcomes upcoming inspection of Thunder Bay Police Service
TBNewsWatch 43Will chief Fiddler be asking the individuals who were at the river when some of those “cold cases” occurred to come forward with the truth?
- John Adrian
City identifies six potential sites for designated encampments
TBNewsWatch 40For a glimpse into the future of the homeless housing drive by Spence Court.
3- John Adrian
City identifies six potential sites for designated encampments
TBNewsWatch 39“Sites were chosen by distance guidelines”, does that mean the distance to panhandling locations?
2- John Adrian
'We just can't sit around and do nothing': Kakabeka bracing for City's truck-route plan
TBNewsWatch 29Here’s something for council to think about. Adding 1,000 trucks per day to the expressway what happens when there is an accident anywhere on the expressway how do they plan on re-routing traffic or do they plan on shutting it down backing up traffic for miles?
10- John Adrian
Northern Ontario casino operator in a big hole
TBNewsWatch 37How is it possible to lose money running a business where people come in, give you their money in the hope of winning more, then when they lose their money say “oh well” maybe I’ll win tomorrow.
1- John Adrian
LETTER: Tent life is too dangerous in wintertime
TBNewsWatch 31On a positive note, now that the Care Bus is up and running it can give all the tent dwellers a ride to the upcoming Job Fair.
5- John Adrian
New encampment guidelines to be ratified by city council
TBNewsWatch 32Guidelines? How about no guidelines no camps.
2- John Adrian
Homeless village draws mixed reaction at at-large town hall
TBNewsWatch 31Re: “Affordable housing”, nothing is affordable if people don’t work.
2- John Adrian
'Incredibly alarming' case of impaired driving reported by police
TBNewsWatch 27If the 17 yr old ever gets his license back he will reap the benefits of his stupidity by paying $5,000/yr for insurance for many years.
4- John Adrian
Council approves zoning amendment at Intercity Shopping Centre for library branch
TBNewsWatch 27So the city is going to lose $200,000/yr in tax revenue, any guesses who is going to be covering the shortfall?
3- John Adrian
TBDSSAB says only nine individuals are living in tents
TBNewsWatch 26Shouldn’t the headline read “9 individuals are choosing to sleep in tents”, they have been offered alternatives.
2- John Adrian
Library eyeing Intercity Shopping Centre location for new branch, again
TBNewsWatch 26“Centralized location”. How many residential buildings are within 1/4 mile of this site as opposed to County Fair?If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
1- John Adrian
Council will discuss rezoning mall for central library branch
TBNewsWatch 22Apparently council hasn’t heard the adage “if it’s not broken, don’t fix it”. What does an intercity location accomplish? Younger people can currently walk to the County Fair location, they certainly aren’t going to walk to intercity.
4- John Adrian
