Thunder Bay and Abandoned Church

deceased wife: Stephane Boyer pauses as he talks about his deceased wife while in his shared apartment in the basement of an abandoned church, March 4, 2016 in Thunder Bay, Ont. The numbers, of course, only tell part of the story, according to Huffington Post Canada. One woman was found dead in a laneway behind City Hall that visible from the mayor office. Doreen, who lived first in sub-standard housing and then on the street, was among 17 people who died on the streets of Thunder Bay, according to a new federally organized homeless census that illustrates the depth of disparity across the country. A local aboriginal artist who struggled with addiction was pulled from the river. These days, anecdotes and statistics alike say Thunder Bay is among the worst cities in Canada for homelessness. In Vancouver downtown eastside, arguably Canada most notorious poverty-stricken neighbourhood, six deaths in a year was out of the ordinary, said Brad King, who now oversees operations at Thunder Bay largest shelter. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.