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We have an epidemic of homelessness in Thunder Bay: Krysowaty
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70So there are 557 homeless people, with the number expected to grow, but the 5 million dollar a year village we are building will only have 80-100 units? Obviously encampments aren’t going anywhere.
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Hanmer, Ont. couple claims record-breaking $6.4-million 50/50 prize
TBNewsWatch 18Anyone else feel like these tickets should be limited to Thunder Bay residents? It’s gotten to the point where your chances are the same as lottomax or 649.
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Kam River Heritage Park back on table for shelter village site.
TBNewsWatch 51Just don’t build it.
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Homeless village draws mixed reaction at at-large town hall
TBNewsWatch 35The new city manager is shoving this down our throats. I am very surprised by some of the positive reception he has been receiving since taking over. All he’s done is spend money and insist we grow our population, meanwhile, a lack of housing is the reason we have so many people living in tents! We can’t take on more people until we get more affordable housing!
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Council discussing designated encampment report
TBNewsWatch 46Read up on how Edmonton just handled their encampments. The human rights approach was forced upon them but was thrown out in court, and the city then went to town tearing down encampments. Over 50 of them. And guess what? The people living in them ended up in actual housing or shelters because their hand was forced. Tough love, but it worked. Stop enabling these people.
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City identifies a new site for shelter village
TBNewsWatch 46Agreed. And the homeless are under no obligation to live in this village, so the sites we already see around town will not be going away.
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City council maintains five metre distance for encampments
TBNewsWatch 44Let’s just call it like it is. Wherever people want to camp is now a designated site. We have no power to tell them to leave. What a joke.
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Trump's tariff threat 'an opening bargaining position,' Thunder Bay economist says
TBNewsWatch 28You’re not naive enough to think these drugs are not being produced within the US itself? The amount of illegal guns flowing into our country from the US is a bigger issue.
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Students face strict cell phone rules when school returns
TBNewsWatch 6Ok boomer.
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Ontario asks Supreme Court to rule on youths' climate change lawsuit
TBNewsWatch 36What a waste of time.
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LETTER: We must continue advocating for vulnerable people to access services and shelter
TBNewsWatch 35They need to advocate for themselves first.
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Trump's tariff threat 'an opening bargaining position,' Thunder Bay economist says
TBNewsWatch 21Trump voters fully reaping what they sow here. All you can do is sit back and shake your head.
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Natural gas bills expected to go up by 12 per cent
TBNewsWatch 14What does this have to do with the liberals? OEB is an independent body who was just last fall overruled by legislation Doug Ford put in place, causing your rates to increase. Shame on you Conservatives.
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Family enraged after dog owner walks away from mauling scene
TBNewsWatch 34Guaranteed this will lead to some sort of charge in the end. It’s negligence at the very least.
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No more evening parking tickets on city streets
TBNewsWatch 32Anyone else skeptical of those revenue numbers?
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80% of households receive more from the carbon tax than they pay: university professor
TBNewsWatch 18WiseOwl: you actually think Pollivere is any better? He’ll cut the carbon tax then stick it to you some other way. That’s why they all do. Sides don’t matter.
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Elderly woman 'not allowed to retire' from being a landlady
TBNewsWatch 33Exactly. “Sell” it to a family member and take your house back.
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City staff recommends the sale of Woodside Parkette
TBNewsWatch 16We need housing. This seems like a no brainer when this is essentially just a greenspace with other parks in close walking distance.
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LETTER: Tent life is too dangerous in wintertime
TBNewsWatch 28jdbjdb: you are only partially correct. The charter ruling only applies if there is no shelter space. There is currently an article at the top page of this website stating there are beds available at Urban Abbey. The city therefore has every right to evict these people. But they won’t because they have adopted the toothless human rights approach which they were not obligated to do so.
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One third of city residents feel unsafe: police survey
TBNewsWatch 26Feeling unsafe is different than being unsafe. This distinction seems lost these days.
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