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LETTER: Supporting farming is everyone's business

LETTER: Supporting farming is everyone's business

'What is really needed is serious political engagement with the problems farmers face daily,' reader says
LETTER: Reader questions absence of PC candidates at debates

LETTER: Reader questions absence of PC candidates at debates

'Stop rewarding people who aren’t upholding the tradition of our democracy. Stop rewarding people with votes that they aren’t willing to earn or be accountable for,' says letter writer
LETTER: Bidding adieu after decades of community news reporting

LETTER: Bidding adieu after decades of community news reporting

'It has been an honour to share the stories of hope, tragedy and triumph of local residents and entrepreneurs,' says King
LETTER: Canada must honour commitments offered to Ukraine

LETTER: Canada must honour commitments offered to Ukraine

'We need new warships, at least 15. We need new main battle tanks and a host of small arms to replace aging equipment,' says letter writer
LETTER: Proposed sewage treatment plant bad for Lake Simcoe

LETTER: Proposed sewage treatment plant bad for Lake Simcoe

'York Region council is poised, dangerously, to encourage' development of plant, says Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition official
LETTER: Brassard still waiting for Liberals to reinstate Lake Simcoe Clean-Up Fund

LETTER: Brassard still waiting for Liberals to reinstate Lake Simcoe Clean-Up Fund

Barrie-Innisfil MP says Liberal announcement in 2019 along shores of Lake Simcoe 'was nothing more than an attempt at a last-minute vote grab'
LETTER: College faculty union president wants good-faith bargaining

LETTER: College faculty union president wants good-faith bargaining

'We are not asking for any increase in wages. ... Rather, our biggest concern is that we have a workload model which is seriously outdated,' says letter-writer
LETTER: ‘I am frightened’: Reader expresses uneasiness over chaos in Ukraine

LETTER: ‘I am frightened’: Reader expresses uneasiness over chaos in Ukraine

‘ I do not like how I feel right now. Helpless, fearful for others I love and people I don't even know,’ says reader
LETTER: Public health measures, government oversight all around us

LETTER: Public health measures, government oversight all around us

'These folks (who are against public health protections) aren’t going away. We have to find a way to live with them,' says Barrie resident
LETTER: Emergencies Act necessary because Ottawa was 'held hostage'

LETTER: Emergencies Act necessary because Ottawa was 'held hostage'

Reader says protesters thought 'freedom means being absolved from all the rules that keep us civilized and caring for each other'