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LETTER: Residential school discoveries strike a chord with HRC survivors

LETTER: Residential school discoveries strike a chord with HRC survivors

'We wanted to tell you how sorry we are but we also hope we might share experiences and work together'
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LETTER: A dialogue for Canada Day

LETTER: A dialogue for Canada Day

'The truth is that during the past 150 years assorted governments of Canada have practised a deliberate and relentless policy to remove Indigenous cultures'
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LETTER: Canada Day 2021 — time for a new start?

LETTER: Canada Day 2021 — time for a new start?

Discovery of graves are 'providing non-Indigenous Canadians with new insight and understanding of this country’s treatment of First Nations and Inuit peoples'
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LETTER: Catholic Church isn't the only one to blame for residential schools

LETTER: Catholic Church isn't the only one to blame for residential schools

Residential schools were official government policy, writer notes
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LETTER: Catholic Church, not taxpayers, should pay for residential schools investigation

LETTER: Catholic Church, not taxpayers, should pay for residential schools investigation

'If the Catholic Church truly represents the teaching of Jesus, should they not be forwarding millions of dollars to Canada?' says reader
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LETTER: Sports groups ask city to relocate COVID-19 assessment centre

LETTER: Sports groups ask city to relocate COVID-19 assessment centre

'Not moving the assessment centre will be devastating to our organizations,' say presidents of hockey, figure skating clubs
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LETTER: Voters will have final say on use of notwithstanding clause

LETTER: Voters will have final say on use of notwithstanding clause

Former Cabinet Minister Doug Lewis reminds citizens of the 'safety valve in our democratic process' that will see voters - not the courts - rule on controversial move
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LETTER: Area has potential to become destination for 'foodies'

LETTER: Area has potential to become destination for 'foodies'

Orillia city council should take 'unifying action' to become a foodie-focused city, says letter writer
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LETTER: Walk for Alzheimer's shattered records, raised $100k

LETTER: Walk for Alzheimer's shattered records, raised $100k

'You showed the people living with dementia in Simcoe County that they are not walking this journey alone,' says thankful official
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LETTER: Monuments of the past can be a 'source of deep pain'

LETTER: Monuments of the past can be a 'source of deep pain'

Reader can't 'condone the re-erection of the Champlain Monument as long as those conditions that contribute to our national shame, continue'
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