Saturday, February 4, 2012
THUMBS ‘Up’ to Thunder Bay Hydro for installing smart meters. “I just received my first ‘smart’ bill and it has increased $50 from my usual amount.
Friday, February 3, 2012
THE WORLD’S oldest profession thrives on mankind’s most basic instinct, which means prostitution is never going away.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
SYRIA is a brutal mess. Citizens are being mowed down in the streets by government troops for seeking what other Arab countries have delivered in the face of their own uprisings — a freer society.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
EVERYBODY’S doing it, with good reason. Governments at all levels are getting serious about saving money after decades of over-spending. People wanted too much and governments were happy to oblige.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
LESS a series of unrelated steps than a single grand plan, the Harper government’s blueprint for Canada begins in earnest this week.
Monday, January 30, 2012
FIGURES can be so misleading. They seem to say one thing but, in reality, they’re saying something quite different.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
IN his Gettysburg address, Abraham Lincoln spoke of government “of the people, by the people and for the people.” It’s a concept that transcends boundaries and western political ideologies in acknowle
Saturday, January 28, 2012
THUMBS Up to Thunder Bay police “for the care and compassion shown when we called. The Palliative Hospice Unit at St. Joseph’s Care Group was in need of help.
Friday, January 27, 2012
WHEN Ontario’s government last moved to save money on health care, all hell broke loose.
Friday, January 27, 2012
CBC Radio in Thunder Bay announced it would part with more of its music collection last year. Among the racks of CDs were recordings by local and regional artists.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
WHILE the NHL dithers over how to keep its stars’ brains from being rattled, a much wider picture of hockey hooliganism bubbles along in lesser leagues.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
GOVERNMENTS at all levels are talking budgets these days.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
MUCH is expected from today’s first nations summit — perhaps too much. To think that the most complex issue in this country can somehow be settled in a day is to hope for too much.
Monday, January 23, 2012
ALL that a municipal government does, from animal services to water meters and everything local in between, is guided by an official plan.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
HAVING crafted its Green Energy Act in too much of a hurry, Ontario’s government is making changes on the fly.
