Opinion

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Building a unique Canadian vision for the future

Transportation continues to be a major issue in the North

To the Editor: On June 7, 12-year-old Myles Porrok of Eden, Man. fell off his bicycle while performing "simple jumps" and died of head injury. It was a horrific tragedy that may have been avoidable if he was wearing a helmet.

Story: To the Editor: ? The Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria would need an additional $5 billion to save human lives and to support poor countries.

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Flin Flon motorcycle enthusiast and local cottage owner Bentley Busby made a special trip into the community June 15. He brought with him a cheque in the amount of $500, made out to the Friends of the Firemen.

To the Editor: We are concerned that the City of Thompson has introduced a new bylaw allowing residents to have open-air wood fires in their back yards.

To the Editor: We spend hundreds of millions of dollars to build highways in Northern Manitoba, millions more to dig ditches and drainage ditches to get rid of water - water that destroys roads.

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