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Letters to the Editor


LETTER: Rethink homeless village location

LETTER: Rethink homeless village location

To the editor: The Fort Willam downtown business community has spoken loud and clear. They do not support the city hall's location to build an 80 bed homeless village on Miles street near Simpson Street.
LETTER : Unhoused people are constituents

LETTER: Unhoused people are constituents

"Housing and enfranchising unhoused people so they can amicably participate in labour, commercial and civic life is an economic opportunity, not a problem."
LETTER: Ontario Northland expansion would be overreach

LETTER: Ontario Northland expansion would be overreach

Private sector doesn't need government competition in the bus business.
LETTER: Glad to see library working with Indigenous businesses

LETTER: Glad to see library working with Indigenous businesses

John Pateman applauds the library's plans to work with more Indigenous businesses and hopes to see a deepening of its partnership with Anishnabek Employment and Training Services.
LETTER: Councillors respond to Powlowski on temporary village

LETTER: Councillors respond to Powlowski on temporary village

City councillors Shelby Ch’ng and Kristen Oliver respond to a Nov. 15 Op-Ed from local MP Marcus Powlowski on the south-side locations council is considering for a temporary shelter village.
LETTER: Appoint next highest finisher to fill vacancies

LETTER: Appoint next highest finisher to fill vacancies

Instead of byelections or seeking applicants when council vacancies occur, look to the next highest vote-getter from the last election.
LETTER: Trump won because economy failed the middle class

LETTER: Trump won because economy failed the middle class

Canada's Liberal government is making the same mistakes as the Democrats south of the border.
Op-Ed: Powlowski: shelter village sites unfair

Op-Ed: Powlowski: shelter village sites unfair

Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP, Marcus Powlowski says the sites currently proposed by the city for a temporary shelter village are unfair to residents and businesses in the south core and he cannot support the proposal as it stands.
Op-Ed: Mayor on urban density and affordable housing

Op-Ed: Mayor on urban density and affordable housing

Mayor Ken Boshcoff addresses concerns surrounding the construction of new affordable housing and increasing urban density in the city of Thunder Bay in this letter to city residents.
LETTER: The money pit in Oliver Paipoonge

LETTER: The money pit in Oliver Paipoonge

Oliver Paipoonge Heritage Park continues to cost taxpayers a bundle of money, and the amount seems to be growing, despite an increase in attendance.
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