Author of the article: Luke Hendry
Publishing date: Mar 02, 2021 • March 2, 2021 • 3 minute read • Ruth Estwick, foreground, holds one of many kits of clothing and toiletries she organized for visitors to the warming centre Monday. Behind her from left were Deputy Fire Chief Paul Patry, 20K Sock Day volunteer Wayne Hunter, Coun. Garnet Thompson, Hastings County s Jamie Lynne Osmond and Grace Inn s Christine Wollerman.
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Organizers of Belleville’s warming centre and staff of the Grace Inn shelter are clarifying the best way for the public to help support the city’s warming centre.
While the public desire to help is heartening, those overseeing the centre and donations to it say not all donations can be accepted.
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Woman using phonebook from 1946 to help find homes of old ancestors in Toronto
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Jill Lawrence, who actually worked for Bell Canada for 16 years, didn t hesitate when she saw a Toronto phonebook, by the Bell Telephone Company and dating all the way back to 1946, for sale on a Facebook marketplace. This book popped up because the Mission Thrift Shop in Belleville went to an online store and the manager posted the book, Lawrence told blogTO. I got [to Belleville] about two days later and I really couldn t resist opening it as soon as I got in the car.
LETHBRIDGE Monday was moving day for Richard Woslyng and his friend Lou, who took possession of their own apartments after spending months at the Lethbridge Stabilization Centre and Shelter. “It feels good to have keys again, that open a door,” said Woslyng, who had been staying at the emergency shelter since the end of January after previously living in a tent in the river valley. “I showed up at the shelter when it turned 30-below. It was just too cold.” Woslyng wasn’t sure how or if he would ever be able to leave the shelter, since he never had enough money to pay for a damage deposit and cover the first month s rent, something that’s required by most landlords.