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LETTER: Insurance, inspections should be required for e-bikes

LETTER: Insurance, inspections should be required for e-bikes

Such requirements would see e-bike, scooter use in Orillia 'decline immensely,' predicts letter writer
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LETTER: New ebikers say it's time to review trail guidelines

LETTER: New ebikers say it's time to review trail guidelines

'At times, it is unpleasant and unsafe to walk on the trails due to the current situation,' letter writer laments, while offering ideas for improvement
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LETTER: Official 'outright rejects' citizen's allegations

LETTER: Official 'outright rejects' citizen's allegations

'Mining stone sand and gravel is safe and clean,' official says, noting the industry is governed by a 'robust regulatory system" and multiple pieces of legislation
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LETTER: Rules for e-bikes on trails need re-evaluation

LETTER: Rules for e-bikes on trails need re-evaluation

'Several friends, both walkers and cyclists, have told me they had near misses with e-bikes at Tudhope Park,' reader says
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LETTER: Not all e-bike users break the rules on trails

LETTER: Not all e-bike users break the rules on trails

'Trails are for bicycles and walkers both and... both need to take responsibility and respect each other and follow the proper rules of the trails,' says letter writer
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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: Don't ban ebikes because of a few bad riders

LETTER: Don't ban ebikes because of a few bad riders

Should we ban all cars from the city streets after a car crash, asks letter writer who believes courtesy is critical on all trails
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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: Electric bikes 'do not belong' on Orillia trails

LETTER: Electric bikes 'do not belong' on Orillia trails

Reader expresses concerns following hit-and-run involving e-bike that landed a local woman in the hospital with a shattered leg, other injuries
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