Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Thunder Bay has received more than $36.8 million since the casino opened downtown in August 2000. The city receives around $2.4 million a year as a host community.

To the editor: I'm a big supporter of bike lanes and bike paths in the city. I ride my bike a lot, both to get to work and for recreation.

To the editor: I find some interesting comments made by Andrew Foulds in the article “Floor crossings old hat in riding” dated, Sept. 10, 2015.

Northern Ontario has a higher rate of obesity than the rest of the province. We also smoke more. We drink more. We live, generally speaking, unhealthy lifestyles compared to our average southern Ontario counterpart.

Thunder Bay Mayor Keith Hobbs has raised concerns about Dougall Media's coverage of his activities in recent months.

Dear Mr. Harper, Recently, my community filed our financial report and I realized something then: The Party of Small Government creates a lot of red tape trying to make sure we’re transparent, but they’ve never been transparent to us.

To the editor: “She doesn’t need to know them by name. She doesn’t need to know vulva. All she needs to know is your private parts are what are under your bathing suit.

If politics is sport, than this federal election campaign so far is stuck in pre-season. The players are on the field going through the motions but only the beat writers and the most dedicated of fans are really paying attention.

It seems ridiculous that in 2015 this is even still an argument. Those opposed are almost in the rear view mirror of history, looking similar to those old black-and-white photographs of the temperance movement, a quaint and archaic snapshot.

Originally published in the Thunder Bay Source, Thursday Aug. 20 This was going to be an editorial extolling the successes of Fraser Dougall, who died last week at the age of 73 after a lengthy battle with cancer.