A play written by Thunder Bay, Ont., high school students, which focuses on the long-lasting impacts of residential school and examines the current state of reconciliation in Canada, premieres online Friday night, nearly two years after the project first started.
Easter tradition marches on at Dew Drop Inn
Charity offers to-go dinners for Easter, with demand for support rising during the pandemic.
Apr 5, 2021 8:10 AM By: Ian Kaufman
Volunteers prepared hundreds of Easter meals to go on Sunday. (Ian Kaufman, tbnewswatch.com)
THUNDER BAY – Michael Quibell is looking forward to the day when he can once again sit down with patrons of the Dew Drop Inn for a meal.
In the meantime, though, the soup kitchen isn’t letting up on its giving tradition, offering hundreds of Easter meals to go Sunday afternoon to respect COVID-19 health measures.
The turkey dinner is a community effort, Quibell said, made possible with the help of volunteers who helped prepare and serve it, as well as community groups that support the Dew Drop Inn.
Canadian activist and author Maude Barlow, the Toronto Star’s Linda McQuaig, and Lakehead University professor Dr. Charles Levkoe are just a few of the speakers set to present during Third Age Learning Lakehead’s (TALL) inaugural five-part series in Thunder Bay, starting March 24.
“Pivot(al): Possibilities for a Post-pandemic World” will discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and its continued impact on community, globalism, climate, politics, the economy and more.
Supported by the Thunder Bay Community Foundation, the goal of TALL Thunder Bay is to provide adults 55-plus with informed presentations from experts in their fields along with an opportunity to socialize.
Providing masks for those in need
A new program launched by the United Way of Thunder Bay is providing free face masks to those in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Posted: Feb 24, 2021 7:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 24
L-R Bonnie Krysowaty, United Way of Thunder Bay CEO Albert Brule and Sherry Scott with boxes of masks to be delivered as part of the Facing Forward program.(United Way of Thunder Bay/Provided)
A new program launched by the United Way of Thunder Bay is providing free face masks to those in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Facing Forward is a collaboration between the United Way, City of Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay Community Foundation and Thunder Bay District Health Unit.
United Way announces project that gives cloth masks to vulnerable community members
Three companies have already stepped forward with donations to the program.
Feb 23, 2021 4:27 PM By: TbNewsWatch.com Staff
L to R, Bonnie Krysowaty carrying masks for Age Friendly Thunder Bay s Snow Angels kits, Albert Brulé (CEO - United Way of TB) helps to deliver masks, and
Sherry Scott carries masks for Northwestern Ontario Women s Centre Good Food Box program.
THUNDER BAY Vulnerable residents of the community will receive cloth face masks thanks to a new United Way of Thunder Bay initiative called
Facing Forward.
The project is a partnership with the Thunder Bay Community Foundation, the Thunder Bay District Health Unit and the City of Thunder Bay.