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LETTER: Resident gives Midland council pat on back for budget work

LETTER: Resident gives Midland council pat on back for budget work

'Council does care and experienced stress and anguish in setting the budget,' reader says. 'This was not easy for them, nor was it for staff'
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LETTER: Midland Bay Landing rare opportunity to make 'every Midlander proud'

LETTER: Midland Bay Landing rare opportunity to make 'every Midlander proud'

Current plan 'hardly a waterfront Utopia to be enjoyed by all,' reader says. 'Intangible and invaluable benefits all residents' could enjoy outweigh short-term economic gain
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LETTER: North Simcoe municipalites should amalgamate to better share services, amenities

LETTER: North Simcoe municipalites should amalgamate to better share services, amenities

Writer takes issue with recent column suggesting non-Midland residents should pay higher fees to use rec centre
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LETTER: Saying protest is about 'freedom' makes it 'more egregious'

LETTER: Saying protest is about 'freedom' makes it 'more egregious'

'Our democratic institutions are under assault by the same dark forces that are rocking other democracies across the world,' says letter writer
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LETTER: Carbon tax survey co-author 'danced around' key questions, reader says

LETTER: Carbon tax survey co-author 'danced around' key questions, reader says

'How is it families get more back based on numbers of children when it's household heating bill payers and drivers that are getting taxed?' writer questions
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LETTER: Equitable solution for rec centre connundrum must be found without hiking user fees

LETTER: Equitable solution for rec centre connundrum must be found without hiking user fees

Neighbouring municipalities have an obligation to help fund the rec centre, writer says, but 'when users are receiving the same service, the cost should be the same'
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LETTER: Workers' wages can't be blamed for inflation, says labour official

LETTER: Workers' wages can't be blamed for inflation, says labour official

'Pay cuts and an austerity agenda would hurt workers at this critical moment ,' says Public Service Alliance president
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LETTER: Story errs in depicting truck convoy supporters as anti-vaxxers

LETTER: Story errs in depicting truck convoy supporters as anti-vaxxers

Just because somebody supports the truckers doesn't mean they're vaccine-hesistant, reader says
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COLUMN: Truth and Reconciliation requires more than 'token gestures'

COLUMN: Truth and Reconciliation requires more than 'token gestures'

Federal government’s plan to 'compensate First Nations’ children harmed by its underfunding of child welfare and to reform the system' step in right direction, local Indigenous activist says
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LETTER: Reader thankful for stranger's act of kindness

LETTER: Reader thankful for stranger's act of kindness

'In these crazy times, it is so good to know that there are very kind people out there,' local resident says after getting wallet returned
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