Electronic Voting could be very helpful at overcoming barriers voters with disabilities confront

THUNDER BAY – READERS LEDGER – An organized campaign has been waged since 1999 to make Ontario elections fully accessible to voters with disabilities. As part of this effort, we have advocated for several years for Ontario to provide the option of telephone and internet voting…

The 2012 budget continues the long Liberal pattern of reckless spending and broken promises – Dennis Butler

KENORA – READERS NOW – Today in Toronto an Ontario Liberal Budget that fails to invest in the future of Northern Ontario was passed with the support of the NDP in the legislature. The 2012 budget continues the long Liberal pattern of reckless spending and…

Long term planning always makes more sense than short term planning

THUNDER BAY – Readers Ledger – What some of the critics of the multiplex proposal keep forgetting in all this is the money pit that the Fort William Gardens has been to local taxpayers over the past 30 years or so and how much money has…

I got involved in politics because I want to see Northern Ontario profitable again – Dennis Butler

KENORA – Reader’s Ledger – Well, the first quarter of the year with Sarah Campbell as our Provincial MPP is almost over, and I don’t think any of us are any further ahead than last year. In my opinion, MPP’s are supposed to do everything they…

Andy Wolff – As a shareholder in the City of Thunder Bay…

Thunder Bay – The issue of the Centential Conservatory is before the public.

Dear Members of City Council:

I wish to address the hazard regarding the closure of the Conservatory. It was stated the reason for the closure was due to a fallen pane of glass…

Money is the new alcohol or oxycontin – Alec Oombash

Reader’s Ledger – Money is the new alcohol or oxycontin, opiates of the First Nation people being exploited by the eurocentric world order , It’s the new addiction and it is supported by enablers, fast industry and economics. There is no reflect of our ancestors,…

What about the so-called school bullies?

Thunder Bay – Readers Ledger – Have you ever reminisced about your school mates, your teachers? What about the so-called school bullies, I’m sure that everyone has seen or been bullied by them. So where did the school bullies go and what are they doing now?…

Concerned Citizens of Thunder Bay – A lot of concerns were voiced

As one of the spokespersons for the Concerned Citizens of Thunder Bay, I would like to thank all of those people who attended our meeting on November 29th. Also, I would like to thank Mayor Keith Hobbs and the various local media outlets…

Transit Emergency Angers Transit User

THUNDER BAY – I waited in the sub-zero temperatures for over an hour waiting for a bus. There were many of us. Older women, babies, the disabled. We all froze. But, boy, knowing that those other people were warm makes me feel so much better. There was a police car not 100 feet from us all,…

There exists in Thunder Bay a massive socioeconomic stratification

THUNDER BAY – Reader’s Ledger – There exists in Thunder Bay a massive socioeconomic stratification that pits economically disadvantaged people against economically advantaged people. The economically disadvantaged people are the ones most affected by intergenerational social problems. They are, in large part, First Nations people and you can blame residential schools for that. But I emphasize…