http://yournextmayor.ca The official website of mayoral candidate of Thunder Bay, Jeff Irwin. Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:58:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sun Aug 22, 7:01 AM By Don Butler Electricity prices in Ontario are “going up like a rocket,” fuelled in part by the Ontario government’s Green Energy Act, says a longtime observer of the province’s energy scene. “You are going to get screwed, and it’s going to be painful,” said Tom Adams, a Toronto-based consultant [...]]]> http://yournextmayor.ca/2010/08/hydro-prices-going-up-like-a-rocket-3/ Wind additions Jamie Smith Micheal McLeod City council is demanding Horizon Wind Inc. add everything from soil and geological studies to specific descriptions of electrial connectivity and tourism impacts before it will consider approving the Toronto-based company’s application for an 18-turbine wind farm on the Nor’Wester Mountain Range. Council’s request also includes an analysis of [...]]]> http://yournextmayor.ca/2010/07/wind-concerns/ Shipping numbers show coal and potash surge, grain still down By Jodi Lundmark, tbnewswatch.com With Thunder Bay being a grain port, the local port authority is growing concerned with the fact that grain cargo is already down 20 per cent this season. Despite coal jumping 40 per cent and potash up 60 per cent this [...]]]> http://yournextmayor.ca/2010/07/port-activity/ By Jamie Smith – tbnewswatch.com Vic Toews It’s absolutely critical that local MPs stick to their guns and vote to abolish the long-gun registry, the federal minister of public safety says. Vic Toews, during a Friday visit to Thunder Bay, said the Conservatives have been fighting the long-gun registry for at least a decade, since [...]]]> http://yournextmayor.ca/2010/07/abolish-long-gun-registry-2/ http://yournextmayor.ca/2010/07/invite-me-as-a-guest-speaker/ YourNextMayor.ca is currently under development. Expect further changes in the next few weeks. In the meantime, please enjoy your stay and sign up for the RSS feed for future updates.]]> http://yournextmayor.ca/2010/07/construction/