Thunder Bay – Local Outreach Project Delivers Water Along With Dignity. No Mention Of The Amount Of Trash This Project Creates

Local outreach project delivers water along with dignity For the past two months, volunteers with the I Was Thirsty charity have been purchasing cases of bottled water with donated funds, loading them into vehicles, and delivering them to people living on the street. In doing so, they’ve accomplished much more than keeping vulnerable individuals hydrated in the summer heat. “We’re also … Read more

Thunder Bay – Street Involved People And North Core Businesses. A Meaningful Collaboration Initiative…..In Other Words. Extortion

Building bridges between business and street-involved people in north core A new initiative is underway aimed at fostering meaningful collaboration between local businesses, service providers, and individuals experiencing street involvement in Thunder Bay’s north-side downtown. The Shared Streets Initiative is led by Elevate NWO in collaboration with businesses in the Waterfront Business Improvement Area. Sarah … Read more

Thunder Bay – Shelter Village Is Now All About The 2.8 million Of Those Sweet, Sweet Ontario Taxpayer Dollars

‘Two more weeks of anxiety’: Shelter village site remains in limbo The fate of the city’s shelter village project remains uncertain. City council did not debate whether to undo their previous decision to build the facility at the Hillyard site, during Tuesday’s meeting. Instead, Red River ward Coun. Michael Zussino’s motion to drop Hillyard and look for a new … Read more

Thunder Bay – Wednesday

Not a great day for photography. At least the rain stopped. Trash as art Paw Patrol.  The controversial Chase, the cop dog.  Kids liking cops. Can’t have that. It looks like this group of Black-eyed Susans did not get the message that summer is over. Nothing to see out there. Ships still at anchor. Morning … Read more

Thunder Bay – Tuesday

Empty parking lot with an empty milk jug in the centre of it.  How can anyone not take a photograph of it? Trash as art Yes Or maybe this black and white? Smell the glove. Makes you feel really patriotic does it not? OK.  Not something you see everyday. Salvation Army food truck had served … Read more

Thunder Bay – Sunday – Last Day Of August

Clear sky with some fog. Relatively warm. Trash in context Lots of work going on the roof.  I will keep an eye on what is happening to make the building ‘weathertight’. Ready. Lost. Found by someone who left it on a rock.  Maybe the owner will come back to find it. Morning sky photo Fog … Read more

Thunder Bay – Saturday

Quite the morning sky today   Another discarded piece of clothing. Trash pile grows Nice refelctions Water bottle photo Kayaker enjoying the morning Heading out for the long weekend. Summer is all but over. School begins Wednesday Not sure what it is but its colourful Water bottle photo What’s happening at the roundabout Quite the … Read more

Thunder Bay – Friday

Mostly clear sky. Still cool in the morning. Not sure what I am looking at here.  The banana is obvious but what was in the cup? Was that coffee? A shake? Took a photo of this yesterday. Looks like someone/something got into the bag of trash. What were they looking for? Morning sky photo. Not … Read more