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Newspaper
Chronicle Journal
Location
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 22, 2024
Page
5
A reader condemns city council for rising property taxes and parking fees while criticizing park upkeep and downtown conditions. They urge provincial review, warn of negative effects on small businesses, and call for accountability over expenditures and management.
Advocates argue libraries are community services, not retail spaces, and should be neighborhood based. They warn a large central library risks funding cuts to local branches, with malls unstable post Covid and access challenging for vulnerable groups. They urge Thunder Bay Public Library to retain owned branches rather than rent.
Residents criticize plans to relocate and renovate the central library at a proposed mall site. They question a 16 million dollar renovation, zoning changes, and the focus on Indigenous space, calling for preserved systems and broader community access rather than one person’s whim. Local turnout at a recent meeting was minimal.
The Chronicle Journal invites original letters up to 300 words from readers. Submissions should be exclusive to the newspaper and edited for space and clarity. Include full name address and daytime phone. only names and hometowns will be published. Email letters chroniclejournal.com with no attachments.
Veteran recycler expresses frustration at municipal large bins and a Southside coffee shop that clings to disposable cups and plates. The writer urges businesses to offer recycling for cup lids sleeves and paper plates, noting the dishwasher tradeoff as a greener choice. Elizabeth Pim Thunder Bay.
Letter writer claimed China asserted independence in 1949. Historical record shows Sun Yat-sen proclaimed a republic in February 1912, ending the Qing. Mao Zedong later announced the People’s Republic in 1949, prompting debate on true independence under communist rule.
Richard Moquin argues against trucking nuclear waste through the region, urging storage at generating sites with above ground facilities. He calls for massive concrete floors and thick lids to prevent environmental harm and river contamination, insisting decades of transport must end.
A two spirit 66 year old from Fort William First Nation, now in Toronto, recounts joining ONWA in 2018 and helping launch She is Wise. The magazine elevates Indigenous women voices across Ontario and beyond, celebrating culture, education, and matriarchal knowledge through a communal empowerment ethos.
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