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<b>Letter:</b> Request for Larochelle Victoria Cross rebuffed

Letter: Request for Larochelle Victoria Cross rebuffed

'The government has the watch, we have the time.' In the two-year campaign seeking medal upgrades to the Victoria Cross, 'the politicians have yet to publicly even say Jess Larochelle’s name. Think about that for a second.'
Letter:  Internet a powerful tool for fostering negativity or positivity

Letter: Internet a powerful tool for fostering negativity or positivity

'By embracing change and pushing ourselves out of our comfort zones, we can find new ways to adapt and thrive in the face of uncertainty'
Letter: Why I still protest against COVID pandemic policies

Letter: Why I still protest against COVID pandemic policies

'I want us to move forward beyond COVID. Beyond the division that this pandemic has caused'
<b>Letter:</b> It is time for a little restraint folks

Letter: It is time for a little restraint folks

'The Big Giveaway has ended...The government will spend millions of dollars to persuade us that costs are too high, and the public's pocketbook is bare'
Letter: Elderly woman can't order online, as restaurants insist

Letter: Elderly woman can't order online, as restaurants insist

'Due to my mother's own personal circumstances, she does not have the option to order online and contrary to this assumption, my mother does not have a credit card'
<b>Poem:</b> 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
<b>Letter:</b> 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'
<b>Letter:</b> 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'
<b>LETTER:</b> 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