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COLUMN: Now is the winter of our discontent and yet kindness prevails

COLUMN: Now is the winter of our discontent and yet kindness prevails

While pandemic closes in on the two-year mark, Midland resident, who lost her husband two months ago, finds the good all around us
LETTER: Trucker convoy protestors need to learn what 'real freedom' means

LETTER: Trucker convoy protestors need to learn what 'real freedom' means

Writer says grandfather, who fought in First World War, would be ashamed and angry with protest group
LETTER: Midland would be wise to remember who helped build rec centre

LETTER: Midland would be wise to remember who helped build rec centre

'A small army of volunteers from all North Simcoe communities worked for almost two years to raise that $1.5 million,' reader notes
LETTER: Municipalities need the power to say 'the buck stops here'

LETTER: Municipalities need the power to say 'the buck stops here'

'We need to give municipalities the legal and financial tools to be able to ensure the safety, well-being and success of all residents,' reader says
LETTER: Area man 'duped' by Ottawa protest organizers

LETTER: Area man 'duped' by Ottawa protest organizers

'He believed that this would be his chance to be heard. Instead, he was used,' says letter-writer
LETTER: Town must remember volunteers when considering rec centre fee hikes

LETTER: Town must remember volunteers when considering rec centre fee hikes

Former CAO says a committee of volunteers that crossed municipal lines raised $1.5 million toward the centre's capital costs
LETTER: 'To promote greener projects,' town needs to revisit Midland Bay Landing's 10-year-old plan

LETTER: 'To promote greener projects,' town needs to revisit Midland Bay Landing's 10-year-old plan

'A green walkway with trees and an attached multi-use trail is now a windswept expanse of concrete with half a dozen trees and a few benches,' writer says of 'promenade'
LETTER: 'Go home, truckers and all of those supporting this travesty'

LETTER: 'Go home, truckers and all of those supporting this travesty'

Convoy is 'not helping anyone by threatening our democracy, by corrupting the idea of freedom, or by pretending there is no threat from this pandemic,' says letter writer
LETTER: Governments should be listening to Ottawa truckers' message

LETTER: Governments should be listening to Ottawa truckers' message

Why aren't Canadians enjoying the same freedoms as other countries? asks local resident
LETTER: Convoy supporters don't speak for all Canadians, says reader

LETTER: Convoy supporters don't speak for all Canadians, says reader

'I didn’t condemn the convoy until day two or three when it was very evident that these folks didn’t want to end the mandate, but simply bring down the government of the day,' says letter writer