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LETTER: Oro-Medonte sending mixed messages to residents

LETTER: Oro-Medonte sending mixed messages to residents

Reader wonders why township is hosting virtual meeting while calling into question safety of online voting
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LETTER: Not all short-term rentals cause problems

LETTER: Not all short-term rentals cause problems

'STRs do create a service by bringing tourists to a region,' says Ramara short-term rental operator
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LETTER: 'Proper barriers' needed around all rail lines

LETTER: 'Proper barriers' needed around all rail lines

'The number of lives claimed by trains belonging to Metrolinx is somewhat worrisome regardless of whether investigations say these deaths were accidental or intentional,' says reader
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LETTER 'Self-interest' fuels move to reject online voting

LETTER 'Self-interest' fuels move to reject online voting

Oro-Medonte council's reasons for sticking with paper ballots 'done to suppress a segment of the electorate from voting,' letter writer says
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LETTER: Councils must act to avert tragedy on our roads

LETTER: Councils must act to avert tragedy on our roads

Letter writer says trucks often take shortcuts and speed through residential areas — including school zones — and urges Severn, Oro-Medonte councils to step up
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LETTER: Trucker pay needs to change to make roads safer

LETTER: Trucker pay needs to change to make roads safer

Aggregate truck divers 'are always racing the clock to deliver a load – that’s how they get paid,' laments frustrated letter writer
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LETTER: Reader urges Poilievre to find 'middle' ground

LETTER: Reader urges Poilievre to find 'middle' ground

'I like Pierre Poilievre and hope he is smart enough to serve his term going down the middle rather than right or left. We need that,' says letter writer
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LETTER: Rural communities, not just farms, must be preserved

LETTER: Rural communities, not just farms, must be preserved

'Merely preserving farmland just gives us a Joni Mitchell-style outdoor museum of isolated stand-alone reserves,' letter writer says
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LETTER: Township needs to put brakes on aggregate truck traffic

LETTER: Township needs to put brakes on aggregate truck traffic

It's 'time for township staff and council to stop hiding behind guidelines ... that do not consider heavy truck traffic through residential neighbourhoods,' says letter writer
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LETTER: Seeds of dialogue can reap farmland preservation

LETTER: Seeds of dialogue can reap farmland preservation

It's vital 'to educate people about the ... scale with which food must be grown to meet the extreme food shortage threats faced globally,' says letter writer
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