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City recommends three designated encampment sites
TBNewsWatch
52The shelter village we are being forced to pay for is supposed to replace the encampments. This is what the city told us when they suggested it. Please do not make these encampments permanent. I am begging you not to do this as a taxpayer who lives near an encampment and can't move due to health reasons. Residents living in areas near encampments already witness open drug use daily in residential areas, deal with assaults, increased property crime, and harassment by people who won't follow societal rules or be contributing members of the community. This behaviour will only get worse if the encampments are permitted. Please don't do this.
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'Really severe' incident leaves Brodie Street library staff member shaken up
TBNewsWatch 53What did Togman think would happen by implementing "community facilitators" to work with homeless people, but doing nothing to improve safety for regular citizens? I stopped using the library years ago due to feeling unsafe and harassment from people while entering. I filled out their survey, but nothing changed. Welcoming people who don't want to follow societal rules which threaten the safety of others is a ridiculous idea. I truly hope the staff member will be okay. Being assaulted by anyone is never okay.
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Smashing the stigma around homelessness
TBNewsWatch 37How about we start helping regular, productive citizens who are struggling or facing challenges by telling their stories? Maybe you can do a story on the effects the homeless population have had on nearby residential neighbourhoods and the increased crime they bring? This isn't stigma or judgment. Statistics show there's been an impact, and the issue is getting worse. I'm sick to death of having the homeless issue shoved down my throat every day. I'm sick of being told to be kind to people who harass citizens in public or assault people for making sure they are still alive. Read the comments TBnewswatch. Residents have homeless fatigue and are sick of being ignored by the media, community groups and the city council. I'd rather donate what little hard-earned extra money I have to organizations that help struggling seniors or productive people experiencing mental health, food security or financial issues.
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Body matching missing man Richard Graham found after nearly 2-year search
TBNewsWatch 40Condolences to his family. I can't even imagine what the family has gone through over the last couple of years. This is horrible news.
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Art gallery head 'alarmed' by comments from city councillors
TBNewsWatch 34So this guy wants taxpayer dollars to build an Art Gallery and is also asking for donations from city residents... This project has been financially mismanaged, and the costs keep going up. Build housing or something this community actually needs on the site; we already have an Art Gallery that very few people visit.
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City urges Vickers Manor residents to find other accommodations
TBNewsWatch 33Where are these seniors who require assistance to live supposed to go? The owner should be charged with negligence, jailed and fined.
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Shelter Village expected to open this spring
TBNewsWatch 34Why do we need designated encampments if we have this? Wasn't this shelter village supposed to fix the homeless issue?
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Travel woes continued for Punta Cana-bound passengers
TBNewsWatch 20Why is this a news story, nevermind worth two stories?
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Charge laid after tractor-trailer hits James Street railway bridge
TBNewsWatch 29Isn't knowing how to read bridge heights a part of getting a commercial License?
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Construction compromises might be made for the art gallery
TBNewsWatch 12We have homeless people living in tents a kilometre away, and they want to waste over $57 million on an art gallery we don't need and that a majority of the city doesn't want.
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City identifies six potential sites for designated encampments
TBNewsWatch 20We should not have any encampments in the city. We need to get rid of the encampments and get these people into the institutions where they can deal with their substance issues.
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'Rent gouging' pushes residents to encampments, say advocates
TBNewsWatch 15Stop depending on the government to fix housing. This is not a communist country where everything is provided and distributed by the government. Find your own solutions. Gather a bunch of investors and build some private low-income apartment buildings.
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Police investigating Intercity-area incident
TBNewsWatch 16Another story with no real information being given and no questions being asked by TBNewswatch to get details. Don't bother sending me another snarky email Leith. It's not wrong to want the media to do their job, ask questions and follow up on things like this within a couple of hours. It's been 14 hours since this was published, and TBNewswatch hasn't updated the story. Surely by now, the reason for the police presence could be shared. Was it a person in the river? A search for one of the missing people? Did they find a weapon or other public safety hazard?
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Drone show cancelled on Wednesday, will go ahead on Thursday
TBNewsWatch 14Tonight's drone show was cancelled due to the weather; it's going to rain. It was rescheduled for September 19. Tomorrow's show will proceed as scheduled.
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LETTER: Miles Street and the accountability gap
TBNewsWatch 11Well said Andre. City administration and council clearly don't care what residents and taxpayers want.
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Car driven over Hillcrest Park wall
TBNewsWatch 6How does this even happen?
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Police quietly dropped an online crime map
TBNewsWatch 14Why not use ArcGIS? It's become the standard tool for crime mapping and is used by police departments across the country.
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City eyes development proposal for Junot Avenue park
TBNewsWatch 14The city doesn't want citizen input. They've demonstrated multiple times that they don't care what we think or the impact their decisions have on taxpayers. They're just going to do whatever they want anyway, regardless of what people living in the area think or want.
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Police use of force reports down, public complaints up
TBNewsWatch 10Now, do a report on the crime rates in Thunder Bay. Best to tell both sides of the story and not be biased.
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City to consult with stakeholders on designated encampment sites
TBNewsWatch 13This stakeholder doesn't want any encampments, especially within 4 km of a residential area. I think they mean enabling agencies, though, and not taxpayers.
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