Letters to the Editor

To the editor: I want to report on a childish and vindictive attack on the Thunder Bay Horticultural Society’s shed behind the Oliver Road Community Centre. This shed has been on this property for the last six-plus years with no incidents.

Last Thursday, voters in Ontario returned Liberal Dalton McGuinty to office, albeit on a much shorter leash. Locally, MPPs Bill Mauro and Michael Gravelle were re-elected, the latter with a little less sweating than the former.

The past Ontario Provincial election saw the lowest turnout since the first provincial election in Aug. of 1867. According to preliminary estimates, 49.02 per cent of voters showed up at the polls on Oct.

Mankind has always been fascinated by speed. Most species can easily outrun us but we try our best to move as fast as we can. However, there are limits to how fast a human being can move under his or her own power.

As many Thunder Bay citizens are aware, recently the media reported on a delay in announcing the name of the new waterfront hotel.

To the editor: I had to reply to Coun. Aldo Ruberto's letter in your Sept 30. newspaper. Wow, is he ever out of touch with the lives of the average person in Thunder Bay.

Today Ontarians chart a new course for their future.

Canadians are not troublemakers. Most of my friends and acquaintances here in Thunder Bay are law-abiding and rule-following citizens. None of them are in jail.

To the editor: The Canada Health Act guarantees that you can receive publicly-funded physiotherapy as an inpatient or outpatient of your local hospital, yet you might be disappointed if you needed physiotherapy and couldn’t pay out of your own

To the editor: First, I have never written a letter like this, especially during election time. But I have to say that I am a big supporter of Michael Gravelle and Bill Mauro for many reasons.