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<b>LETTER:</b> 'Three cheers' for Midland's drag queen storytime

LETTER: 'Three cheers' for Midland's drag queen storytime

Daughter of library's first chief librarian would have told protesters to 'get over themselves, to borrow a book, go home, and read to their children'
<b>LETTER:</b> Buying gas-powered vehicles like driving in reverse

LETTER: Buying gas-powered vehicles like driving in reverse

'Times have changed and just about every car dealer has a few models,' letter writer says of hybrid vehicles
<b>LETTER:</b> Don't drink electric vehicle 'Kool-Aid'

LETTER: Don't drink electric vehicle 'Kool-Aid'

'Don’t make the same mistake I made,' says letter writer, who says recent trip to South Carolina in electric car proved illuminating
<b>LETTER:</b> Former skeptic says EVs are a sound investment

LETTER: Former skeptic says EVs are a sound investment

'The horror stories about EVs also occur with gas vehicles but the latter is not news,' says letter writer who urges people to 'embrace change' and try EVs
<b>LETTER:</b> Electric vehicles: 'Politically-driven nonsense'

LETTER: Electric vehicles: 'Politically-driven nonsense'

'I regret buying them from both an economic and environment standpoint,' laments reader, who will be switching back to gas vehicle after driving a hybrid electric car
<b>LETTER:</b> Health of Ontarians 'not a commodity'

LETTER: Health of Ontarians 'not a commodity'

'It is insulting to try and pretend privatization is anything more than another cash grab for millionaires,' says letter writer
<b>COLUMN:</b> After happy arrival, vine turns into real creep

COLUMN: After happy arrival, vine turns into real creep

'You’re so afraid of hurting him, you’re on your best behaviour,' columnist says, noting the Virginia Creeper Vine eventually becomes a pest that takes over everything
<b>LETTER:</b> It's time all vehicles had breath-test devices

LETTER: It's time all vehicles had breath-test devices

Founder of Orillia Against Drunk Driving says 'installing breathalyzer technology in all new cars, over 15 years, would save more than 59,000 lives'
<b>LETTER:</b> Midland 'bowing' to commerce while burying its past

LETTER: Midland 'bowing' to commerce while burying its past

Local resident and poet wonders whether any future sales of the town's public waterfront lands would truly benefit its citizens
LETTER: Plant-based diet works for this family

LETTER: Plant-based diet works for this family

'We have tremendous opportunities to improve our food so that it is produced in an environmentally friendly and ethically sourced base,' says letter writer