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LETTER: Oro-Medonte council commended for action on aggregate

LETTER: Oro-Medonte council commended for action on aggregate

Letter writer applauds township for asking the province to put the brakes on new aggregate pit approvals until further studies and analysis can be done
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LETTER: Elected officials must answer for Sunset Manor situation

LETTER: Elected officials must answer for Sunset Manor situation

Voters need to ask mayors, deputy mayors why there are empty beds while people are lined up to get into long-term care, says letter writer
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LETTER: Liberals on 'slippery slope' in fast-tracking gun ban

LETTER: Liberals on 'slippery slope' in fast-tracking gun ban

'Now the government proposes to enact a regulation to carry out the intent of a statute that has not even passed the second reading. How can that be?' letter writer asks
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LETTER: Oro-Medonte sending mixed messages to residents

LETTER: Oro-Medonte sending mixed messages to residents

Reader wonders why township is hosting virtual meeting while calling into question safety of online voting
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LETTER: Not all short-term rentals cause problems

LETTER: Not all short-term rentals cause problems

'STRs do create a service by bringing tourists to a region,' says short-term rental operator in Ramara Township
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LETTER: 'Proper barriers' need to be built around rail lines

LETTER: 'Proper barriers' need to be built around rail lines

'The number of lives claimed by trains belonging to Metrolinx is somewhat worrisome regardless of whether investigations say these deaths were accidental or intentional,' says reader
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LETTER: 'Self-interest' fuels move to reject online voting

LETTER: 'Self-interest' fuels move to reject online voting

Oro-Medonte council's reasons for sticking with paper ballots 'done to suppress a segment of the electorate from voting,' letter writer says
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LETTER: Trucker pay needs to change to make roads safer

LETTER: Trucker pay needs to change to make roads safer

Aggregate truck divers 'are always racing the clock to deliver a load – that’s how they get paid,' laments frustrated letter writer
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LETTER: Rural communities, not just farms, must be preserved

LETTER: Rural communities, not just farms, must be preserved

'Merely preserving farmland just gives us a Joni Mitchell-style outdoor museum of isolated stand-alone reserves,' letter writer says
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LETTER: Crow column reminds reader of 'Heckle and Jeckle' story

LETTER: Crow column reminds reader of 'Heckle and Jeckle' story

'They would warn us when the foxes were coming through the bush with their loud cawing,' says Innisfil woman
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