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Letters to the Editor


Poem: War

Poem: War

It doesn’t take much, for war to start soon. Perhaps something as simple, as a floating balloon
Letter: Homeowner sick of picking up cigarette butts

Letter: Homeowner sick of picking up cigarette butts

Enough with the disgusting cigarette butts. Today people were visiting there and emptied their ashtray on the road
Letter: Retirement homes and hospitals need better food

Letter: Retirement homes and hospitals need better food

'It is beyond me why a home that charges people $5,500 per month is unable to pay good cooks properly. Yes, it is pure greed'
Letter: Better street snow clearing needed at Pro Cathedral

Letter: Better street snow clearing needed at Pro Cathedral

'There are high snowbanks, narrower driving lanes, unclear sidewalks for mobility scooters, and unclear parking spaces'
LETTER: Negative thoughts about MAID are 'nonsense'

LETTER: Negative thoughts about MAID are 'nonsense'

'MAID is not the cause of, nor the response to, failures and weaknesses of our health-care and social safety net systems,' says letter writer
Letter: Euthanasia should never be a solution for mental illness

Letter: Euthanasia should never be a solution for mental illness

To the editor: The Liberal government ended 2022 with an announcement that they plan to delay the expansion of medically assisted death to those with mental illness.
LETTER: MAID turning into 'a form of sanctioned eugenics'

LETTER: MAID turning into 'a form of sanctioned eugenics'

'Where is our compassion for the homeless, the disabled, the elderly?' asks letter writer, who claims the 'system is broken'
Letter: Re-open our trail on 10th Street

Letter: Re-open our trail on 10th Street

'The trail was the Jewel of the West End Community and was used every day with very strong neighborhood connections'
Letter: Rising cost of government services is a burden for taxpayers

Letter: Rising cost of government services is a burden for taxpayers

'It's raining on taxpayers because the people put in place to shelter them are failing to make the hard decisions to do so'
Letter: Optimism on track over rail service return

Letter: Optimism on track over rail service return

'It’s a tad premature to begin celebrating' but the province may have 'finally taken its first real, tangible step forward to make passenger rail service ... a reality'