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Pe PAGE 14 TERRACE BAY NEWS AUGUST 31, 1977 THE FOLLOWING IS A LETTER SUBMITTED TO THE TERRACE BAY NES BY JACK STOKES, MPP LAKE NIPIGON: The Honourable Alastair Gillespie Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario Dear Mr. Minister I am sure you are aware that the escalating costs of gasoline and fuel oil are having a profound effect on the economy of northwestern Ontario. These costs are aggravating the ability of industrial consumers to compete in world markets. The high costs of_ gasoline and fuel oil also have a devastating effect on commercial 'and residential consumers particul- carly those who are dependent upon fuel oil for heating purposes in our harsh winter cli- mate, those who of necessity must drive their 'large urban centres for essential services and those who are forced to drive as much as 50 "miles to and from work. The price differential in a gallon of gasoline from one area to another has never been explain -ed, certainly 'not to our satisfaction. Gaso- line can be purchased in the City of Thunder Bay for 87 cents per gallon while that same product costs the consumer $1.04 one hundred .and thirty miles east of Thunder Bay for a Z price differential of 17 cents. C.P. Rail hauls that gasoline by tank car for less than 2 cents per gallon. The same price prevails at Marathon, Ontario; namely, $1.04 per' gallon even though the bulk of their gas- oline requirements are brought in by ship. I am also advised that the price of a gallon of gasoline in Sturgeon Falls is 89 cents per gal- - lon where Ground transportation is used over a Continued page 16 .. private vehicles from small communities to the 0% NOTICE 7 MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURSES Cs © TERRACE BAY, BNTARIO "PUBLIC DRAW FOR REMOTE_COTTAGE LOTS" Ontario On Saturday, October 1, Public Draw will be held for the disposition in the Terrace Bay District. T. Ault Lake - 6 sites 2. Deep Lake - 2 sites % 3. Bluff Lake - 4 sites 4. Unnamed Lake - 2 sites (east of Santoy Lake) Unnamed Lake - 2 sites (west of McKellar Lake) ul Time of the draw will be 1:00 Ds m. socal Fime. Ministry of Natural Resources at Terrace Bay, draw. <> Applications for registration in the draw will be accepted at the District Office at the Ministry of Natural Resources, Terrace Bay, on September 28, 1977. L.J. Haas District Manager P+. cBox 280 Terrace Bay, Ontario POT 2WO Telephone "Hon. Frank S. Miller Minister : 1977 at the Varaihion Recreation Centre, Marathon, Ontario a of 38 cottage lots on the following lakes _ 6. McKellar Lake - 2 sites 7. Cache Lake - 2 sites. 8. Dalton Lake - 6 sites 9. Kern Lake - 2 sites 10. Poppy Lake - 8 sites" 11. Ell Lake ~ 2 sites. Interested persons should contact the- Ontario to obtain a prospectus on the Ontario up. to 12:00 noon, local time (807) 825-3205 Dr. J.K. Reynolds Deputy Minister