Letters to the Editor

To the editor: As I write this, the last of the fuel in Terrace Bay is being pumped. It is reported that there is no fuel in Marathon, Nipigon, Schrieber, Manitouage or any point in between.

To the editor: To suggest winter driving conditions are responsible for the number of tragedies occuring in NWO is simply denying the reality of government cutback policy.

To the editor: It’s too bad about the problem our fancy hospital is facing. Did no one look at the bigger picture here? Duh! Our hospital is not only filthy, it never smells of any cleaning product. Just dirty smelly water.

To the editor: Regarding the $5-million deficit at the hospital, clearly there are major issues which are seeing short-term solutions that cost us a lot in the long run.

To the editor: As far as I know the Municipal?Property Assessment Corporation and its predecessors have always tied the revenue approach to any property they could, so that would likely include paper mills.

The federal NDP were quick to castigate MP Bruce Hyer for crossing the floor and joining the Green Party. MP Charlie Angus said Hyer was betraying the very voters who put him in office and only made the jump for self-serving reasons.

If a loved one was having a medical emergency, moaning and grimacing from extreme pain, what would you give to make it stop? If a family member needed emergency medical procedures including an ambulance and surgery at 2 a.m.

To the editor: In response to Thunder Bay Source’s editorial of Nov. 28 concerning the Indian Friendship Centre, many details were overlooked and need to be addressed.

There are a lot of people hoping they don’t have to wash egg off their face in the wake of the latest Ring of Fire developments.

The time for Game of Thrones references is over. Winter isn’t coming, it’s already here. While ice, snow, wind and cold are annual occurrences, the first significant snowfall still tends to hit some area motorists by surprise.