It is my belief that there are plenty of spaces in the city and we as a whole need to move on. You don't heal by constantly dwelling on the past and trying to over shadow every major holiday with something wrong in the past. That is not healing. Healing is acknowledging it, fixing it where you can, talking about it (not over and over and over) and moving forward. Constantly bringing it up in the way that it has been actually causes the issue to lose meaning in my opinion and actually hurts the cause.
99.9 owes kevin an apology for centering out his comment on air "the festival no one wanted".. turns out Kevin was right... would love to hear that addressed on air after calling him wrong.
If you drive around Thunder Bay you will see many indigenous band offices and others offering housing and others forms of assistance. Contact them with your concerns and get the assistance you need as they are already established in our city.
Sad news for everyone involved. However not unexpected. After turning their backs on a years long developed patron base of 7000 country fans and replacing it with the very classic rock genre...it should have been foreseen. Especially with the initial negative reaction when it was announced. Waiting til now has unfortunately put what could only be described as a very big negative on future local music promotions.
With only 1500 tickets sold it’s clear that nobody wanted has been bands that aren’t original or modern. Bring back Country on the Bay, bring back Blues Fest!
Just another poor decision by our city council in addition to past poor planning of the residential developments. The problem is now shifted to other communities because of a few Nimby's who live adjacent to Dawson Road.
Instead of banning all trucks off Dawson 102 put weight restrictions in place. Or send more deliveries by train. Less transports. But I'm sure the trucking industry wouldn't agree