Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Our Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is in serious trouble due to overcrowding. Homeless, dischargeable patients, remaining in TBRHSC have numbered from a minimum of 27 to a high of 87 over the last two years.

Most Canadians have never heard of Artur Chilingarov even though he is a Hero of the Russian Federation.

It is with great humility and appreciation that I and other military say a huge ‘thank you’ to all who made the Battle of Britain remembrance so successful during the Sunday ceremony at the airport.

To the man who stole the dragonfly sculpture from the front of our house on Dufferin Street around 5 a.m. Sunday morning, there are two things you should know in all fairness.

Council is in full agreement – the Centennial Botanical Conservatory is worth having. Where they disagree is how to go about keeping it.

Citizens who value the tranquil, beautiful environment of the Conservatory should be concerned with the direction of two reports coming to council Monday.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. So, when a gunfight broke out in a Toronto neighbourhood last July resulting in two deaths and 23 injuries, Nicole Osborne James decided to take action. She created Guns Get None.

The reprecussions from a police officer’s misjudged attempt at humour continue to reverberate.

Thumbs Up to Mayor Hobbs who finally toured our conservatory and has had a change of heart on closing the facility. Now the rest of council needs to follow suit and vote ‘no’ to closing this gem of Northwestern Ontario.

Last year I received a calendar as a Christmas gift and it now hangs on my office wall. Every month when I turn a new page a striking, colourful image reveals a spiritual truth about time and life. It’s one of those gifts that keeps on giving.