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Letters to the Editor


Understanding mutual funds and ETFs

Mutual funds are one of the most popular investment vehicles used by Canadians. But over the past several years, another investment product, exchange-traded funds, have found a home in many investors’ portfolios.

OPINION: Getting to know you

I was taught that a gentleman never asks a lady her age.

LETTER: Wednesdays work

To the editor: Why is it that city coucillors always want to have things their way? I think Summer in the Parks should be left the way it is, on Wednesday nights at Marina Park. People have other things planned for the rest of the week.

LETTER: Abuse survivor speaks

To the editor: In 1994 I was volunteering with Algoma Women’s Sexual Assault Services and saw first-hand the damage that is done by an abuser. I am also a survivor of physical abuse.

LETTER: Bring back the blues

To the editor:? When I’m driving around town or listening to the radio I keep hearing the advertisements for the annual Blues Fest and my blood pressure starts to rise a little. So I’m compelled to send my view if that’s OK.

LETTER: Cabbies not responsible

To the editor: As a certified car-seat technician and technician trainer with St. John Ambulance I would like to respond to the questions of Ms. Larocque in her recent letter (Car Seat Quandary, March 7).

EDITORIAL: Police take high road

Turns out it was all a lie. Hopefully there’s a silver lining to the cloud of alleged racism hovering over the Thunder?Bay Police Service these days. Thunder Bay Police Chief J.P.

OPINION: Price of coffee

Mayor Hobbs was playing Coffee Politics when he compared a tax increase to a few cups of java. The price of a cup of coffee is the metaphor of choice for elected officials trying to conceal and minimize the impact of a 3.5 per cent tax increase.

LETTER: Budget bungling

To the editor: The mayor, and with the exception of three councillors, have passed the 2013 city budget. According to the Chinese zodiac the Year of the Snake officially started Feb.

LETTER: Knowledge isn’t power

To the editor:? Teaching understanding of Indig-enous views in a law school? A course designed or edited by mainstream lawyers would probably be more for Indigenous manipulation which is the opposite of Indigenous justice which might be an objective
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