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LETTER: Unfulfilled promises could derail the Northlander

LETTER: Unfulfilled promises could derail the Northlander

The new Northlander has to be reliable, frequent, affordable and comfortable and the public 'won't accept anything less than concrete results'
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LETTER: Lack of action on traffic issues 'exhausting'

LETTER: Lack of action on traffic issues 'exhausting'

'My conversations with countless neighbours tell me they all care. Why doesn’t the city?' letter writer asks
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LETTER: Sargeant's request to take water a watershed moment

LETTER: Sargeant's request to take water a watershed moment

Company wants to 'take 454 litres of prime water per minute, 24 hours a day, which equates to a volume of 654,624 litres per day, 200 days a year for 10 years'
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LETTER: City 'hiding' the housing problem, not dealing with it

LETTER: City 'hiding' the housing problem, not dealing with it

'Comfortable' city council feels 'embarrassed by homelessness so they remove it from their sight,' laments reader of new bylaw
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LETTER: Horseshoe Valley water designation a head scratcher

LETTER: Horseshoe Valley water designation a head scratcher

Letter writer wonders why system was designated 'non-municipal,' which is 'surprising' as users are taxpayers in Oro-Medonte Township
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LETTER: 'Government error' behind Leacock Care Centre mess

LETTER: 'Government error' behind Leacock Care Centre mess

'It's elder abuse of the government to create these situations,' laments long-time healthcare aide about situation at long-term care homes in Ontario
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LETTER: Highway should be renamed in honour of 'remarkable' Lightfoot

LETTER: Highway should be renamed in 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'
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LETTER: City's new tent bylaw a 'disgrace' to humanity

LETTER: City's new tent bylaw a '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
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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
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LETTER: Decision to pre-zone lands 'doesn't make sense'

LETTER: Decision to pre-zone lands 'doesn't make sense'

'It is time for the City of Orillia to be bold, listen to its constituents and make smarter decisions that support the quality of life for its citizens,' says letter writer
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