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LETTER: 'Radical compassion' needed from mayor, council

LETTER: 'Radical compassion' needed from mayor, council

Issues from transit to garbage tags are hurting vulnerable population, says letter writer who wonders if it's time to 'occupy' Couchiching Park in protest
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LETTER: Feds should fund homelessness prevention benefit

LETTER: Feds should fund homelessness prevention benefit

'It would prevent a wave of human tragedy on the scale of our largest natural disasters,' says letter writer
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LETTER: Why not roll out smaller vans instead of buses?

LETTER: Why not roll out smaller vans instead of buses?

'Surely, they could be operated at a more reduced cost,' letter writer says of smaller buses with a capacity of 10-12 people
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LETTER: Province's plan to improve health care falls short

LETTER: Province's plan to improve health care falls short

Proposed changes may help improve the situation in 10 or more years but that is a long time 'viewed from a senior's perspective,' says letter writer
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LETTER: Plant-based diets can be 'extremely healthy'

LETTER: Plant-based diets can be 'extremely healthy'

Associate professors from Orillia campus of Lakehead University respond to nutritionist's claims about vegan diets
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LETTER: Orillia's transit system is 'lousy', unreliable

LETTER: Orillia's transit system is 'lousy', unreliable

'People are too frustrated to bother waiting on our buses,' says frustrated letter writer and former transit user
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LETTER: Province shaking up health-care status quo: MPP

LETTER: Province shaking up health-care status quo: MPP

New plan will 'provide Ontarians with a better, more convenient health-care experience closer to home,' says Jill Dunlop
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LETTER: Province hasn't been up front on Bradford Bypass

LETTER: Province hasn't been up front on Bradford Bypass

'The misinformation and hiding of facts is par for the course,' says Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition official
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LETTER: Sex-trafficking case marks 'significant victory'

LETTER: Sex-trafficking case marks 'significant victory'

'It has become politically fashionable to defend prostitution as just another job, but it is anything but normal, and certainly not safe,' says letter writer
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LETTER: Suggested changes to Orillia Transit 'ridiculous'

LETTER: Suggested changes to Orillia Transit 'ridiculous'

'The transit service needs to be increased, certainly not decreased,' says letter writer
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