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LETTER: Parking patrol played 'dirty pool' at seniors' fundraiser

LETTER: Parking patrol played 'dirty pool' at seniors' fundraiser

Oro-Medonte Township should be ashamed of itself for ticketing cars at long-running fundraiser at Big Cedar Estates, says frustrated reader who got $60 ticket
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LETTER: Municipalities' right to be rural must be protected

LETTER: Municipalities' right to be rural must be protected

Premier Doug Ford 'has essentially declared war on rural communities,' says letter writer
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LETTER: Helping those in need isn't always easy financially

LETTER: Helping those in need isn't always easy financially

'If money was not an issue everything could be resolved to most peoples satisfaction' says reader
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LETTER: City plan runs risk of 'demonizing' homeless people

LETTER: City plan runs risk of 'demonizing' homeless people

People living in local encampments not 'a menacing brood of violent criminals' and the 'majority pose little to no threat to such officials,' laments homeless resident
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LETTER: Orillia OPP urged to build bridge with Indigenous people

LETTER: Orillia OPP urged to build bridge with Indigenous people

First Nations woman encourages creation of Indigenous Liaison Team to act as a ‘middle man’ to communicate with victims and officers to minimize conflict
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LETTER: Homeless people are 'not trash you just throw away'

LETTER: Homeless people are 'not trash you just throw away'

'They had little to begin with, now they have nothing.' says letter writer who was 'heartbroken' to learn the city cleared a homeless encampment
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LETTER: Ford's denial of climate change 'dumbfounding'

LETTER: Ford's denial of climate change 'dumbfounding'

All political parties and levels of government should be collaborating on the best ways to mitigate and adapt to climate change, says reader
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LETTER: Modular homes could spell the end of encampments

LETTER: Modular homes could spell the end of encampments

'Modular housing is cheaper than the ramifications of tent cities in the long run,' says local man who has experienced homelessness
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LETTER: Citizen 'deeply saddened' to see encampment cleared

LETTER: Citizen 'deeply saddened' to see encampment cleared

'Where are these people to go? Why would all their possessions be dumped in garbage bins?' asks reader
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LETTER: City should accommodate homeless encampment

LETTER: City should accommodate homeless encampment

'Give it a nice name, like Horesh, the forest where David and his wandering men took refuge in ancient Israel,' letter writer suggests
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