“Right now, people have to pay out of pocket for the test, which means many men cannot afford to get the test,” writes MPP Wayne Gates. “Many others choose to forgo the test … they assume, due to the fee, the test is optional or not important.”
“If we tried all day we couldn’t possibly come up with something that could look worse,” writes Ken Porter.
“Make no mistake, ‘Jenn Jones 4 All’ — both the page and the similarly named group — are not run by me,” writes Jennifer Jones.
“Perhaps it’s not too much for all of us to observe a minute’s silence on the 21st — just to think about what we might do to ease the world’s pain ourselves, or perhaps to say a silent prayer for peace,” writes Hugh Church.
“Unneeded and inappropriately sited hotels, out-of-scale buildings in the wrong locations, blatant disregard for the official plan, ‘the Gang of Five’ with its flimsy rationales — the beat goes on,” writes Terry Mactaggart.
“His editing, photo finding and encouragement helped us produce our well-read articles on the history of Niagara-on-the-Lake,” write Denise Ascenzo, Linda Fritz and Elizabeth Masson.
“As regular readers of The Lake Report, we were very fortunate to have you on staff at the paper,” write Reid Maltby and Christine McGrath.
“Gabriella is in her sixth season at Shaw and as a season pass holder I have seen her many times in a variety of shows over the years,” writes Doris Bradley.
“If we really want to twin with Frankenmuth or a similar tourist destination, perhaps we should be very careful with what our town looks like to visitors,” writes Bob Bader.
“This is not a fair war, if it’s a war at all. The Israeli military has met limited opposition, but appears intent to annihilate every facet of Palestinian living,” writes Ken O’Malley.
“Let’s hope the mayor and council at least reconsider their recent planning decisions, and that when the time comes to decide on the future of the former hospital site, they don’t opt to — as the Joni Mitchell song goes — pave paradise and put up a parking lot,” writes Terry Davis.
“Wind, rain and drought. It’s not going away unless, of course, you don’t believe in any of it. But it’s hard to ignore, isn’t it?” writes Jackie Bonic.
“My heart goes out to the Gatta family. Your grief is unimaginable but hopefully you can take solace in the legacy Kekoo has left behind. He will be missed,” writes Stewart Hall.
Dear editor: Your Sept. 5 story, “Migrant Workers have unequal access to resources, volunteer group says,” is wrong in a few aspects. The group, Justicia for Migrant Workers, demands that Doug Ford and
Kit Andres (Letter, “Canada must stop supplying weapons to Israel,” Aug. 22), cannot speak for Mennonites as a whole and I don’t believe all Mennonites would agree with Andres. Why did Andres not
“That young boy will never forget the kindness shown to him by John Kinney that day. That is what Niagara-on-the-Lake is all about: People helping people,” writes Margie Enns.
“The hospital site is surrounded by commercial properties such as two major hotels, restaurants and the main Shaw Festival theatre,” writes Wayne Murray.
“This house may be appropriate in a larger setting, but it is totally inappropriate for this site,” writes Christopher Allen.
“The 5Cs (conservative, competitive, capitalistic, commerce at all costs) would prevail and more local newspapers and radio stations would fail against massively funded U.S. and other media,” writes Elizabeth Oliver-Malone.
“I believe in the sanctity of life and in defending myself as well as those who are not able to defend themselves. So, Israel should not defend itself?” writes George Heidebrecht.
“When our town staff and council make poor decisions, the consequences affect the public and the pockets of the taxpayers,” writes Richard Connelly.
“You gave a much-needed lesson to Canadian journalists on debunking Mr. Poilievre’s crap,” writes Reid Maltby from St. Catharines.
“I wish more journalists and editors wrote as clearly as you did,” writes Nauman Anwar from Calgary.
“Thanks for the excellent dissection of Canada’s answer to Don Rickles,” writes Nick Swift from St. Catharines.
“Thanks for being what may be the first voice of actual common sense,” writes Korey Schaefer from Toronto.
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