Community praise and complaints in Thunder Bay letters
A series of reader submissions rate local kindness and service while criticizing issues. Highlights include Kim’s helpful checkout, a negative view of dental on-call service, Christmas charity music for a cat rescue, price gouging worries at a small-town grocery, city sidewalk plowing, and night visibility concerns on road paint. Also featured are coupon generosity, social housing cleanliness, an uninspired summer concert lineup, Bearcats U18AA free hockey camps, and Port Arthur Rotary Club’s centennial celebration.
Year in Review 2024 through politics and pandemics
Ian Pattison surveys a turbulent year with court rulings on vaccine mandates in Ontario, climate-emissions battles led by youth, and political moves in Canada and the United States. He notes Trump era tariffs, GOP resistance to spending, and international strains from Israel to Gaza, ending with a cautious note of hope.
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