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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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LETTER: Hwy. 413 shouldn't be confused with Bradford Bypass

LETTER: Hwy. 413 shouldn't be confused with Bradford Bypass

'Highway 413 will be used by very few commuters and will save very little time at an immense cost both financially and with loss of Greenbelt land,' says letter writer
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LETTER: Health-care 'crisis' frustrates Orillia senior

LETTER: Health-care 'crisis' frustrates Orillia senior

'Pain and suffering an elderly person has to endure laying on a stretcher that is too small and extremely uncomfortable is unacceptable to me,' says letter writer
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LETTER: Short-term rentals shouldn't be provincial issue

LETTER: Short-term rentals shouldn't be provincial issue

'There are communities who have Airbnb and vacation rentals without problem,' reader says
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