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Thunder Bay's acting chief of police says the illicit drug trade and southern Ontario gang activity are driving the city's 13 homicides in 2022 , which is a new record for the northwestern Ontario city.

The U.S. Department of Education is accepting applications through Oct. 3, 2022, for its Project Prevent Grant Program, which will award $6.8 million to about a dozen local educational agencies impacted by community violence to “expand their capacity to implement community- and school-based strategies to help prevent community violence and mitigate the impacts of exposure to community violence.”

Through the American Rescue Plan (ARP), the Biden-Harris Administration has invested over $5 billion in funding through HHS to expand access to mental health and substance use services, and school districts are estimated to use an additional $2 billion in Department of Education ARP Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds to hire more school psychologists, counselors, and other mental health professionals in K-12 schools. Courtesy of the U.S. Dept. of Education Our nation�...

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End the stigma: Seattle students start donation drive for menstrual products People can donate any feminine menstrual products to any Pagliacci pizza location through May 2. Products need to be in their original packaging. Author: Chris Cashman Updated: 1:39 PM PDT April 16, 2021 SEATTLE — Last year, Washington state became the 18th state in the country to get rid of sales tax on menstrual products. Some Seattle students said that was the beginning, but now the...

Attorney General Morrisey Vows To Protect Second Amendment Against Biden Overreach CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey underscored his support for and his fervent defense of the Second Amendment in response to federal gun control measures proposed Thursday by President Biden. “Defending the second amendment remains one of the most important priorities for the West Virginia Attorney General’s Office,” Attorney General Morrisey said. “I will not allow the far l...

The Tahoe Women’s Community Fund (TWCF) has announced its 2021 grant recipients. This year, 14 non-profit organizations in the South Shore Community were funded for a total of $100,000. Normally the funds are handed out during a Grants Gala, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions, it has been canceled. It its place will be a virtual presentation over a two-week period, starting around May 20. Project summaries of all recipients are available on the TWCF website, tahoewomenscommuni...

Cities across the country are experiencing a historic spike in homicides, violence that is greatest in racially segregated, high-poverty neighborhoods. Black men make up 6% of the population but over 50% of gun homicide victims. Black women, Latinos, and Native Americans are also disproportionately impacted. The loss of life has devasting consequences for family members and cascading harms for communities. As just one example, research shows that exposure to firearm violence—including as a vi...

  Below are the statements actions taken by the White House unedited. Incredibly, the truth according to Biden/Harris, omits “facts” not convenient, includes “facts” that fit the Woke agenda. The identities or radical agendas of recent shooters and identities of victims of recent shootings mentioned is excluded. The fact that the push to defund police and going soft on crimes by lawbreakers is in large part responsible for spikes in crime is ignored. Immediately after the Boulder mas...