When Minnie Mouse's mother died, Minnie should have died, too. She was a baby kangaroo, only a few months old, living in her mother's pouch, still months away from being able to survive on her own.

"For us, it brings us a lot of joy, a lot of pride that we are able to help our communities, to help, the county, to help anyone that is in need of these," Harris said.

A Thunder Bay woman is offering to be the northwestern Ontario hub for people donating handmade items to help Australian animal rescue centres care for wildlife injured and orphaned in the massive ...