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LETTER: Seeing loved ones suffer 'very painful to watch'

LETTER: Seeing loved ones suffer 'very painful to watch'

Reader says MAID would save family, friends pain of watching someone they love 'deteriorate into helplessness'
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LETTER: MAID allows families to avoid suffering

LETTER: MAID allows families to avoid suffering

When you have dementia or Alzheimer’s, 'you are not living, you are just existing, and putting an awful burden on your family', reader says
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LETTER: Ability to choose MAID 'so important'

LETTER: Ability to choose MAID 'so important'

'The person who is sick does not want family and friends to watch and see them struggling to stay alive,' says letter writer
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LETTER: People of 'sound mind' should be able to choose MAID

LETTER: People of 'sound mind' should be able to choose MAID

'I choose not to end my life suffering or knowing my family is suffering watching me waste away,' says 71-year-old letter writer
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LETTER: MP pushes for local solution to safety lights

LETTER: MP pushes for local solution to safety lights

'Council and the mayor are very responsive and would have no issue providing an explanation and listening to solutions,' says Brassard
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LETTER: More protection needed for students on buses

LETTER: More protection needed for students on buses

'It’s time to put two responsible adults on each and every school bus in Canada,' says letter writer
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LETTER: MP urged to intervene, turn safety lights back on

LETTER: MP urged to intervene, turn safety lights back on

'If an exemption cannot be made, then remove the sign and put the lights back on,' says letter writer
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LETTER: CTV Barrie staff deserve better from Bell

LETTER: CTV Barrie staff deserve better from Bell

'This seems to be a repeat performance by Bell, which is more interested in their bottom line,' reader says
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LETTER: CTV Barrie news team 'like part of the family'

LETTER: CTV Barrie news team 'like part of the family'

'A large area depends on the news on weekends,' reader says of cutbacks at CTV
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LETTER: Reader urges Bell Media to rethink CTV Barrie changes

LETTER: Reader urges Bell Media to rethink CTV Barrie changes

'This is a community situation which I hope gets changed before Bell makes drastic changes,' says letter writer
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