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Letters to the Editor


EDITORIAL: Travel grant needs a fix

There appears to be a serious flaw in the Northern Travel Grant program, one that needs quick correcting.

LETTER: Earth Hour was disappointing

To the editor: On March 31, between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. -- for those that missed it and apparently most Canadians who were happily living their good lives did -- was 'Earth Hour'.

LETTER: Waterfront District is where event centre belongs

To the editor: In response to the letter, “Downtowns are Dead” in the Friday, April 6 edition of Thunder Bay Source : Mr. Caldwell refers to the downtowns as corpse(s) and dead zones to which I could not disagree more.

LETTER: Bike licenses and insurance

Now that bikes are using more of city streets, using bike lanes,etc, and the bikes are to obey rules same as vehicles, then why not have license plates and insurance like every other vehicle that use the roads.

LETTER: Marina Park property transfer recap

As the City prepares to transfer Marina Park property to a private developer this week, a recap of the process is in order.

LETTER: Cows have feelings too

To the editor: How can anyone say that "nobody got hurt" in the barn fire on Blind Line Road on Thursday when 120 sentient beings burned to death? If a fly lands on their back, they quiver. They feel fear and they feel pain.

OPINION: NOMA argues against tourism centre closures

The following is a letter sent to Tourism Minister MIchael Chan by Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association president Ron Nelson regarding the planned closure of three tourism centres in Northwestern Ontario.

LETTER: City spending money to chase rainbows

LETTER: City spending money to chase rainbows I wonder why nobody foresaw the so-called demise of the conservatory or the Chippewa Park roller coaster and started to look at replacing them years ago? I am sure that matching funding may have been avai

LETTER: Threat of plasma centre closure always existed

What took so long? I was one of original employees of the plasma centre. It was such an exciting time as we were going to be the first plasma centre in Canada. We went to the United States for training – some of us to Utah some to California.

LETTER: Tie comments to Facebook

To the editor: While I agree with the editor, "If you want to be racist and/or slander people, feel free to proclaim it from the hills on your Facebook or Twitter account," I follow stories posted on this site and have discovered there are
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