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LETTER: Reader 'sick and tired' of paid parking around city

LETTER: Reader 'sick and tired' of paid parking around city

Letter writer says 'something needs to be done' about paid parking around health-care facilities, or even to see his local MP
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LETTER: Greenbelt is a buffer, not a 'magical forest'

LETTER: Greenbelt is a buffer, not a 'magical forest'

'There is no mystery to the boundaries; they are reasonable and pragmatic, but not immutable. The boundary is a only line on a map,' says letter writer
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LETTER: Resident skeptical of noise-reducing COP program

LETTER: Resident skeptical of noise-reducing COP program

'I'm wondering why Barrie police and council keep dancing around this issue,' letter writer says of enforcement against loud vehicles
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LETTER: Group pleads with municipalities not to evict homeless

LETTER: Group pleads with municipalities not to evict homeless

Enforcing encampment evictions in the absence of suitable indoor alternatives is unconstitutional, warns Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario
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LETTER: Voices of low-income citizens going unheard

LETTER: Voices of low-income citizens going unheard

'Even when we try, we are muzzled by the politicians and ignored,' says letter writer
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LETTER: Orillia's approach to homelessness doesn't make sense

LETTER: Orillia's approach to homelessness doesn't make sense

Rejecting pre-zoning for certain buildings 'appears to run contrary to the city’s ambitions for affordable housing,' says letter writer
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LETTER: Do you want to help monarch butterflies flourish?

LETTER: Do you want to help monarch butterflies flourish?

'Recent studies have shown that captive rearing causes changes to gene expression or health,' says letter writer, who urges people to let nature take its course
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LETTER: Politicians must be pushed for rent control

LETTER: Politicians must be pushed for rent control

'People are being asked to accept substandard apartments just because that is all they can afford,' says letter writer
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LETTER: Sarjeant's water-taking permit should be denied

LETTER: Sarjeant's water-taking permit should be denied

Contamination and disturbance of groundwater sources can be complex and costly, so protecting groundwater must be top priority in Ontario, says reader
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LETTER: Ford should revisit Greenbelt decision

LETTER: Ford should revisit Greenbelt decision

'The process didn’t consider the agricultural, environmental and financial impacts of the decision,' says letter writer
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