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Letters to the Editor


Letter: Canada should have public and private hospitals competing for patients

Letter: Canada should have public and private hospitals competing for patients

'One would go where one believes care is better. Better care is not necessarily more expensive'
Letter: Congratulations to businesses that survived the pandemic

Letter: Congratulations to businesses that survived the pandemic

Like Pinehill, Demarco’s, Passmore’s or Zimbalatti’s , the loss of a locally owned store will be a blow to the neighbouring businesses and residents who depend on access to groceries and fresh produce
Letter: What is your life trigger?

Letter: What is your life trigger?

'As an addiction councillor, my past life experiences have moulded and shaped me. Once long ago I could look at strung-out addicts, dead bodies, and those who will die with an ice-cold heart, allowing me to do my job and not allow fear, desperation, and hopelessness to enter my mind. Unfortunately, it enters something deeper within yourself, entering your subconscious and dreams'
Letter: The Gift of Change. New generation takes over

Letter: The Gift of Change. New generation takes over

'Like Pinehill, Demarco’s, Passmore’s or Zimbalatti’s, the loss of a locally owned store will be a blow to the neighbouring businesses and residents who depend on access to groceries and fresh produce'
Letter: National anthem should be a beep

Letter: National anthem should be a beep

The pause and beep are inoffensive, polite, mediocre, boring, multicultural and symbolic in our collective history
Letter: Sticking up for Team Canada’s Ben Gaudreau

Letter: Sticking up for Team Canada’s Ben Gaudreau

‘Our local goalie Ben Gaudreau has already achieved something 99.9 per cent of the population will never attain...and I suspect he is not done yet!’
Letter: Roboeconomy in North Bay's future?

Letter: Roboeconomy in North Bay's future?

Post Covid, one of the biggest challenges for our local businesses will be the quick evolution of robots
Letter: Some people offended by O Canada being called cultural genocide

Letter: Some people offended by O Canada being called cultural genocide

'Let's move forward into the precarious future we face in the healthiest way we can. That can include how we start our meetings but extends far beyond that'
Letter: Museum ideal place for Russian jet fragment

Letter: Museum ideal place for Russian jet fragment

Future generations need to be kept aware
Letter: Dear Santa

Letter: Dear Santa

I have grown to care for others more than myself. Can I be a bit more selfish sometimes?