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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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LETTER: Outstanding environmental concerns regarding the Bradford Bypass haven't been fully addressed

LETTER: Outstanding environmental concerns regarding the Bradford Bypass haven't been fully addressed

Among the concerns are 'endangered species habitat, fisheries impacts, and water quality and stormwater management in the already stressed Lake Simcoe watershed'
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LETTER: We must start thinking beyond the ‘more highways’ template

LETTER: We must start thinking beyond the ‘more highways’ template

'If we do indeed have an increase in population and we do indeed need to move those people around, the best way to do that is with a generous public transportation system,' says letter writer
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