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Shipment Flys To Sandy Lake

On Friday morning, 10,000 pounds — or 4,536 kilograms — of food was loaded onto a Wasaya Hawker Siddeley 748 plane to fly to Sandy Lake, a First Nation community. The use of plane was donated by the First Nations-owned airline. Wasaya Airways, Erb Trucking and the Trucks for Change network have all been instrumental in getting the donated food to its final destination. Southwestern Ontario Gleaners donated a huge shipment of soup mix, snacks, and fresh produce. On Friday’s Superior Morning broadcast, Sandy […]

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Slicing And Dicing Miracles

Young And Old Every weekday at 8 a.m. a group of dedicated seniors put on hair nets, slide on sanitary gloves and grab a seat beside a rotating conveyer belt. On that belt, are not-so-pretty peppers and those oversized carrots that growers may not be able to sell to grocery store suppliers. “What we do here gives life to many people,” said Tina Quiring, Chair of the Southwestern Ontario Gleaners in Leamington. She helped start this chapter about five

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