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Tamara Sheedy

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Responders locate lost hiker in Nor’Westers

Responders locate lost hiker in Nor’Westers

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Tamara Sheedy commented

Knowing the lady personally, she is an experienced hiker having gone out with her grandparents and parents throughout her life. She is a very young mid 40s so it's not like she is new to all this. What I can say after hearing her first hand account of events, she had proper footwear on, proper clothing, a GPS watch and her cell phone. She also had snacks and water with her. Unfortunately, she stepped off the trail, got turned around and tried to find her own way out. She called her boyfriend because they have a friend who has military training in all terrain rescue and she had hoped to not have to call out search and rescue but ultimately with the storm, her boyfriend and friend had no choice as it was already getting dark out and they were unsuccessful due to the fact she kept moving to keep her energy up. Had she stopped and sat down, she most likely would have never been found and this story would have been a tragic ending. Compassion people. This could happen to any of us.

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Controversial anti-masker Chris Sky arrested in Thunder Bay

Controversial anti-masker Chris Sky arrested in Thunder Bay

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Tamara Sheedy replied

Why would you want to waste a perfectly good Persian on him? What did the Persian do to you??? lol

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Tamara Sheedy replied

It's sad - very reminiscent of the Jones Town Massacre and Charles Manson. "Follow me and I promise I will lead you to your deaths."
Just another modern day false prophet. Seems to be a lot of them popping up in the last year.

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Tamara Sheedy replied

@PickoftheCrop just so you have the correct meaning of the work fascism and it's origin. I know those that don't remember what an actual book is but rely on the internet for direction and meaning in life won't deviate from the all know wikipedia and will rely soley on that truncated meaning.
britannica.com/topic/fascism
merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fascism
Regardless, no one has the right to choose the day I die so I would appreciate those who don't want to wear a mask because they feel they are being oppressed by 'the man' steer clear of me. Although I have been vaccinated with both first and second doses, I still wear my mask in public, in my business and when interacting with anyone because I don't have the right to choose their health outcome for them.

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Northern MPPs say provincial budget ‘robs people of hope’

Northern MPPs say provincial budget ‘robs people of hope’

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Tamara Sheedy commented

I have said it before and I'll say it again... Ontario should have been split into at least 2 with a premier for each section. We already identify as Northern Ontario so what's the hold up? Create a separate province with our own premier who puts our needs first to the federal government. We will always be treated like the uninvited distant cousin to Christmas dinner until we have our own premier to fight for us.

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Letter to the editor: Same old story

Letter to the editor: Same old story

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Tamara Sheedy commented

The change isn't because these councilors have been swayed by anyone but rather given the current economic times, the ongoing pandemic, as well as the over inflated cost to erect a structure of this size without the economic support of the government via the 'confidential' letter sent back in August denying the funding from the gas tax monies, just goes to show once again the lack of transparency is the usual norm for our city council.
Do I think there is a need for a sports venue? Absolutely! Our current facilities are aged and are to the point where maintenance costs more than the buildings are worth, however, I - as well as many taxpayers in this city - do NOT feel that an expenditure of this magnitude is warranted in ANY economic time for such a legacy project, regardless of who benefits from its purpose.
Do like other cities before ours, spend a reasonable amount without relying on outside sources for funding or taking monies meant for other things but stop lying to us.

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Peel, York, Toronto to be the focus of pharmacy vaccine supply

Peel, York, Toronto to be the focus of pharmacy vaccine supply

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Tamara Sheedy commented

Oh so not surprising. Once again it's like we live in a completely different province. I've said it before and I'll say it again - Ontario should be divided up into at least 2 sectors with a premier for each one. Maybe then some of that federal funding will come our way first instead of Northerners being treated like a less than desirable relatives or second class citizens.

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Soccer complex price tag jumps to $39.1 million

Soccer complex price tag jumps to $39.1 million

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Tamara Sheedy commented

Not surprising that this is Mauro's legacy project and he's pushing for it just as hard as Hobbs pushed for his. Shut it down people! Too many of us are on the verge of losing everything we have but just think - for all the rest of your days you'll get to curse Mauro's name every time you go by the stupid thing if you can still afford to drive, put the gas in your vehicle, pay your insurance or when you crawl out of your cardboard box to look up at the stupid thing and wish you didn't lose your home because mayor and council couldn't look at the human factor during a pandemic or take care of us in the aftermath..
Instead of building this monstrosity, why not put in a tiny home village. Then maybe we'll have some place warm in the winter so we don't freeze to death after we've lost everything.
It's time we live up to our slogan and show the rest of the world we truly are Superior by Nature because we look after our own.

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Four companies offer to build the indoor sports complex at Chapples Park

Four companies offer to build the indoor sports complex at Chapples Park

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Tamara Sheedy replied

Chad, we all hear your screams about Tom Jones and it is evident that either you or a family member works or benefits from them. Yes, they hire local but as a local contractor, I can tell you I have never even been approached by them to do the work that other large scale contractors hire me to do that don't operate out of Thunder Bay. Do I spend my money here? Certainly! I believe in making sure my community has the economic resources to maintain however I do not believe in nepotism or the good old boys clubs. There are other contractors in this city that can handle the jobs, will hire local, will spend local, and do it without the massive overruns. Check yourself before you wreck yourself. Tom Jones is not the be all and end all, we have a wealth of talent at our fingertips in our city that continually gets shoved to the side because they don't have the financial dipping pool of that magnitude because they've never been allowed to compete at that level. Tried and true, buddy.

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Tamara Sheedy replied

Chad Shank, it is fair and how it is typically done in large scale construction. However if you look at the previous contracts bid on by the Thunder Bay company who is currently sitting at the lowest bid then you would also know that that same company is notorious for charge backs causing the project to escalate to hundreds of thousands of dollars more once completed. All I am saying is if they want to accept the bid then the charge backs need to stop and the company awarded with the contract must be financially responsible for the missed items in there bid and the only way to do that would be to have them sign contract stating that the bid is as per Issued For Construction (IFC) plans, thereby eliminating any massive overages and keeping the cost for construction real. When my company is awarded a contract, then we must do that as well as provide a schedule of values. It's common practice and should be implemented on any city own project.

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