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LETTER: Reader questions if the LCBO monopoly should continue

LETTER: Reader questions if the LCBO monopoly should continue

By removing the monopoly and allowing other businesses to sell alcohol, the incidents that are of a safety concern will occur less frequently at any given location.
LETTER: To say we do not use nuclear power in the Northwest is factually incorrect

LETTER: To say we do not use nuclear power in the Northwest is factually incorrect

The fact is Ontario can simultaneously be using Ontario generated power, importing power from the U.S., Manitoba and Quebec, and exporting power on any given day, at any given moment. 
LETTER: Reader planned to protest pilot project by not shopping at LCBO

LETTER: Reader planned to protest pilot project by not shopping at LCBO

Judging by the speed at which the government put the kibosh on the plan, I expect that other concerned citizens voiced their ideological concerns in a highly focused way as well.
LETTER: Take immediate action over ideology to ensure safety at LCBO locations

LETTER: Take immediate action over ideology to ensure safety at LCBO locations

If we allow vague ideological concerns to distract us from our core responsibility of ensuring safety, we inadvertently compromise the well-being of our entire community.
LETTER: LCBO flip-flop highlights systemic racism in our society

LETTER: LCBO flip-flop highlights systemic racism in our society

This choice demonstrates a lack of understanding of both historical and present-day implications with regard to the process of decolonization.
Letter: NWMO funds intended to create 'a dependency and sense of obligation' in Ignace

Letter: NWMO funds intended to create 'a dependency and sense of obligation' in Ignace

These lavish contributions were not provided simply to compensate the township for consulting expenses related to the NWMO’s proposed project - a deep geological repository for highly radioactive nuclear fuel waste, 45 km west of town.
LETTER: Trucking companies should not be allowed to train their own employees

LETTER: Trucking companies should not be allowed to train their own employees

Transport drivers are not always to blame for collisions, trucking companies may also be at fault.
LETTER: Nuclear waste site a potential danger to all who live here

LETTER: Nuclear waste site a potential danger to all who live here

Residents of affected communities should have a say on a potential nuclear waste storage site in Northwestern Ontario.
Letter to the Editor: Copperfin, Northern credit union merger should be opposed

Letter to the Editor: Copperfin, Northern credit union merger should be opposed

Letter writer Andrew Ault says a merged Copperfin Credit Union would have less focus on the needs of small businesses in the region.
Letter to the Editor: Highway safety improvements needed

Letter to the Editor: Highway safety improvements needed

To all communities along these corridors, I really sympathize with what is and has happened on these highways within this year.
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