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LETTER: Action needed to curb unsafe boating activity

LETTER: Action needed to curb unsafe boating activity

Police and marinas both have role to play in keeping waterways safe, writer says
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LETTER: Reader says it's time to bring back photo radar

LETTER: Reader says it's time to bring back photo radar

'The use of traffic-calming cushions is a humorous suggestion as a means to solve speeding,' says city resident
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LETTER: Caterpillar invasion making some Barrie boulevards look like January

LETTER: Caterpillar invasion making some Barrie boulevards look like January

'There is no better place to enjoy your cold beer than under the generous shade of a tree,' says reader
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LETTER: Residential school discoveries strike chord with HRC survivors

LETTER: Residential school discoveries strike chord with HRC survivors

'Admitted as children — even as babies — we were expected to spend the rest of our lives in institutions,' group says in open letter
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LETTER: Province needs to rethink long-term care in Ontario

LETTER: Province needs to rethink long-term care in Ontario

'The Ford government is seriously off the mark in continuing to award more ‘beds’ to this antiquated system,' says reader
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LETTER: Catholic Church isn't the only one to blame for residential schools

LETTER: Catholic Church isn't the only one to blame for residential schools

Residential schools were official government policy, writer notes
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LETTER : Pondering Canada Day's significance

LETTER: Pondering Canada Day's significance

Barrie man, whose parents were Polish refugees, says his Canada 'isn't perfect,' but there are still reasons to celebrate it
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LETTER: Stories of Indigenous children found in unmarked graves must be told

LETTER: Stories of Indigenous children found in unmarked graves must be told

'The simple truth is that the Canada experienced by racial minorities is not the Canada experienced by white citizens,' says Barrie resident
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LETTER: Catholic Church, not taxpayers, should pay for residential schools investigation

LETTER: Catholic Church, not taxpayers, should pay for residential schools investigation

'If the Catholic Church truly represents the teaching of Jesus, should they not be forwarding millions of dollars to Canada?' says reader
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LETTER: Construction of Bradford bypass 'undervalues' the Holland Marsh

LETTER: Construction of Bradford bypass 'undervalues' the Holland Marsh

'A highway isn't leadership, nor success for our farmers, nor an opportunity for local economic development,' reader says
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