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Letters to the Editor


LETTER: Health care response

LETTER: Health care response

Challenges to health care prior to the pandemic included long waits for elected surgeries, overwhelmed emergency facilities, fatigued staff, and lack of available beds
LETTER: City 'tone deaf' on police HQ project management

LETTER: City 'tone deaf' on police HQ project management

'To have a staff person say "our rigorous project management processes allowed us to navigate a challenging situation to a successful outcome" is a ludicrous statement to make when the project is 3 years late and millions of dollars over budget,' reader says
LETTER: Provincial government should leave municipal democracy alone

LETTER: Provincial government should leave municipal democracy alone

'The head of council does not have any more power than any other member of council to make decisions on behalf of the municipality'
LETTER: Stranger's gift shows there's still good people

LETTER: Stranger's gift shows there's still good people

While shopping for GW Women in Crisis, one reader experienced the kindness first hand
LETTER: Reader 'so thankful to live in a country where reproductive rights are human rights'

LETTER: Reader 'so thankful to live in a country where reproductive rights are human rights'

'When I look at what is happening to our neighbours in the south, I have to wonder if people's right to vasectomy and other forms of birth control will soon be overturned as well'
LETTER: Budget cuts' detrimental effect on younger students

LETTER: Budget cuts' detrimental effect on younger students

'In times of uncertainty, routine and continuity reassures and comforts small children'
Letter: Concerns around boom in gambling sites

Letter: Concerns around boom in gambling sites

'I hope our education system builds up its curriculum to include learning opportunities about gambling addictions and its various tolls,' writes Phil Andrews
LETTER: Our car culture is slowly killing us

LETTER: Our car culture is slowly killing us

Letter writer says the excessive use of cars causes adverse effects of climate change, leading to heat dome and other extreme weather events
LETTER: Stop signs aren't a suggestion

LETTER: Stop signs aren't a suggestion

Reader Lynn Mayhew, whose husband was recently hit by a vehicle while out for a walk, has noticed a pattern when it comes to stop signs in some areas locally
LETTER: Guelph needs to accommodate more bike routes

LETTER: Guelph needs to accommodate more bike routes

The senior cyclist says there is no route for him to cycle from home to any store that doesn't put him at risk due to lack of cycling infrastructure