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'Homeless' definition has grey areas

Published 8 days ago • 2 min read

News story linking deceased person to plight of homeless raises questions

Earlier this month, the body of a woman was found downtown ... and a media report indicated it was a homeless person, tying it to a regional story about higher numbers of the unhoused in Northern Ontario. There's a bit more to the story ...

Echo Top Three

Passion for paddling

Friends of the La Vase hits all the right chords with Backroads Bill

International flavour

2NBWL podcast has all the right ingredients for Soucy's soup dream

Citizen dealing with city

Brian Baldwin's persistence helped get his message across to North Bay council and staff in a civil way
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'You Make The Call'

Armchair refs can decide if this hockey contact warranted a three-game suspension in the NDA

Top Comment About Podcast

"It’s about to get much worse for some dealers. Trump will apply 25% tariffs on SkiDoo shipments to the US and Canada will be necessity respond with 25% import duties on Polaris and Arctic Cat - snowmobiles and ATVs. This may kill Polaris and Cat sales in Canada - no way Canadians will pay 25% more for a comparable or inferior Product. I suspect this will be the death knell for Arctic Cat as a company as it is already in financial difficulty."

- Steve Courtney under a Facebook post of the #50 Echo Essentials Podcast with Shawn Flindall​

Today's Zen Suggestion

If you want people to lower their opinion about you, the easiest and most efficient way is to be a poor winner. Even a poor loser gets a measure of sympathy.
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Echo Events

Thursday, Jan. 23

Friday, Jan. 24

  • ​HONK! Jr. presented by Dreamcoat Fantasy Theatre at the Capitol Centre | 7 p.m. | $24
  • ​Birds of a Feather at Lou Dawgs | 8 to 11 p.m. | $3

Saturday, . Jan. 25

  • ​HONK! Jr. presented by Dreamcoat Fantasy Theatre at the Capitol Centre | 3 p.m. | $124
  • ​Y2K at Lou Dawgs | 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. | $10

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