Letters to the Editor

LETTER: 'Lousy use of alcohol' led to tragic death

'We still have too many people dying and being mangled on the roads because people continue to drink,' says letter writer

Posted Jul 25, 2023 10:00 AM Read more >

LETTER: King's Counsel designation 'stinks of patronage'

Designation provided by Ford government allows lawyers 'to appear much more than what they truly are,' says letter writer

Posted Jul 21, 2023 10:00 AM Read more >

LETTER: Hwy. 11 makes more sense for Lightfoot tribute

Highway 11 'goes right past Orillia and very close to where Gordon was laid to rest,' says letter writer

Posted Jul 18, 2023 8:00 AM Read more >

LETTER: Online News Act on the right track, says reader

'The big tech giants, Google and Meta, have been pirating news from the Canadian news media and this is just plain wrong,' says letter writer

Posted Jul 17, 2023 10:00 AM Read more >

LETTER: Barefoot in businesses? That's 'kinda gross'

Public safety should come first, so let's leave our shoes on when we go shopping or get something to eat in a restaurant, says letter writer

Posted Jul 16, 2023 10:00 AM Read more >

LETTER: No shirt, no shoes ... why no service?

People should have the right to go anywhere they please without footwear and 'it will have no impact on others,' says letter writer

Posted Jul 15, 2023 10:00 AM Read more >

LETTER: New vehicles should have alcohol ignition interlocks

'It is my sincere hope that the federal government will mandate alcohol-detection technology at least in all newly built vehicles in the very near future,' says advocate

Posted Jul 14, 2023 10:00 AM Read more >

LETTER: Reader says time for 'best before' dates has passed

Keep the 'prepared on' date and let customers decide what is still fresh enough to eat, says letter writer

Posted Jul 12, 2023 10:00 AM Read more >

LETTER: 'Fundamentally flawed' Bill C-18 should be reconsidered

'This is a dangerous precedent that could have a chilling effect on the free flow of information online,' writes Collingwood resident

Posted Jul 8, 2023 11:00 AM Read more >

LETTER: 'Flawed' news act a government overstep, says MP

Conservative Barrie-Innisfil MP says Trudeau Liberals 'ignored warnings' to pass 'flawed' legislation that will 'devastate local journalists and their ability to continue reporting'

Posted Jul 6, 2023 1:30 PM Read more >