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Letters to the Editor


LETTER: Rename highway to honour of 'remarkable' Lightfoot

LETTER: Rename highway to honour of 'remarkable' Lightfoot

Honour 'is principally intended to recognize his prototypical contributions in defining and demonstrating what he believed to be Canada, physically and philosophically'
LETTER: Orillia's new tent bylaw called 'disgrace' to humanity

LETTER: Orillia's new tent bylaw called 'disgrace' to humanity

'When you don't provide a dog with a shelter you're seen as an animal abuser. Yet, it's perfectly acceptable in our society to deny human beings a home,' laments reader
LETTER: Reader 'appalled' by garbage at city's lakeshore

LETTER: Reader 'appalled' by garbage at city's lakeshore

'It actually looked like the something you would see at landfill site, not at Barrie's beautiful waterfront,' says letter writer
LETTER: 'Lousy use of alcohol' led to tragic death

LETTER: 'Lousy use of alcohol' led to tragic death

'We still have too many people dying and being mangled on the roads because people continue to drink,' says letter writer
LETTER: Residents should not have to pay twice for water

LETTER: Residents should not have to pay twice for water

Letter writer wants to know 'how a municipal water system vanished' in Oro-Medonte
LETTER: Ice cream trucks in Orillia get cool reception

LETTER: Ice cream trucks in Orillia get cool reception

Letter writer bemoans council's decision to allow 'air-polluting stores on wheels' to operate
LETTER: King's Counsel title 'stinks of patronage'

LETTER: King's Counsel title 'stinks of patronage'

Designation provided by Ford government allows lawyers 'to appear much more than what they truly are,' says letter writer
LETTER: Barefoot in businesses? That's 'kinda gross'

LETTER: Barefoot in businesses? That's 'kinda gross'

Public safety should come first, so let's leave our shoes on when we go shopping or get something to eat in a restaurant, says letter writer
LETTER: Hwy. 11 makes more sense for Lightfoot tribute

LETTER: Hwy. 11 makes more sense for Lightfoot tribute

Highway 11 'goes right past Orillia and very close to where Gordon was laid to rest,' says letter writer
LETTER: No shirt, no shoes ... why no service?

LETTER: No shirt, no shoes ... why no service?

People should have the right to go anywhere they please without footwear and 'it will have no impact on others,' says letter writer