Letters to the Editor

'I, along with many other educated, qualified, and community-focused individuals will be barred from seeking to represent the residents of West Nipissing in the next election. One could argue that the council is engaging in the grossly undemocratic practice of suppressing dissenting opponents'

'Drivers are being trained to pass the test and not necessarily understanding everything it takes to be a safe operator of a commercial vehicle,' concerned trucker says

'Our children are confirmed close contact with these individuals that have tested positive, yet we cannot get them tested.  Our youngest has asthma, and thus is at high risk for an adverse reaction.  She is also not old enough to be vaccinated'

We have these torn allegiances when it comes to shopping and patronizing

Women are the Warriors of today

'The urgency to secretly handpick the person without knowing if others had applied and what advertising went to open up for more candidates is not only questionable but manipulative'

'Nicholas Nicholls was 27 years old at the time of his death. He had battled addictions most of his teens and adult life despite the efforts of his family to get the help he needed'

'The last decade under Mayor McDonald and this council has seen taxes increases at over two and half times the rate of inflation and included a number of inane decisions which can only be explained as incompetence or undertaken for self-serving purposes or both'

'An unvaccinated person is four times as likely to have to be hospitalised, and nine times more likely to end up in an ICU bed'

'Please explain how this is the way to treat anyone during the pandemic, especially loyal customers like ourselves?'