Letters to the Editor

If we aren’t willing to invest in ourselves and our own public goods, how can we expect others to invest in us, for us?

If Minister Smith is sincere about mitigating the risk of forest fires, he needs to use the power he already has.

We petition the Ontario Ministry of Transportation to consider the installation of early warning lights at all intersections of the Thunder Bay Expressway through Thunder Bay.

Library usage is nowhere near as high as its historical levels. Most people in the city are happy with their local library where it is. Let’s keep it that way.

Is this the proper way of doing business?

Alcohol is responsible for thousands of deaths each year, but people will consume alcohol and controlling it is the only meaningful way to limit harm, writes Jeff Broadbent

These incidents caused by CMV operators are happening in the summer, oh my God and winter is still several months away!

Who is actually accountable for those that come here and use our resources for which we are soon to run out of if the numbers continue to rise?

Last year the province tripled the District of Thunder Social Services Administration Board’s Homelessness Prevention Program allocation for three years. TBDSSAB is using the funding increase to expand emergency shelter and outreach services and to add new transitional housing beds.

For this reason, I have submitted a motion to the legislature that reads “In the opinion of the house, all testing and licensing of commercial vehicles should be done by public servants working for the Ministry of Transportation.”