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December 10, 2025

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Letters to the Editor

Blaming Canada

Dear Editor, Funnily enough, MAGA supporters claim that if Canada was to join the USA, Canadians would get to enjoy a higher standard of living.

A great time to be a billionaire

Dear Editor, For those readers of this paper who are already billionaires, I congratulate you on a brilliant career choice. Your chances of success are

Confusion at the recycle bin

Dear Editor, The latest information on how to sort our recyclable refuse came in the mail as a black and white flyer from the local

Civilizations come and go

Dear Editor, I’ve been taking an informal course of study of long-gone civilizations via YouTube University. Today, I watched a linguist tell of the language

Nature is cruel

Dear Editor, That’s what I thought on Sunday. Y’see, I’d spent three days shovelling my driveway and digging out what remains of my firewood supply,

Democratic malaise

Dear Editor, I wish to thank you for bringing continued awareness to a subject that I am very passionate about and have referenced several times

Questions about Musk-Poilievre connection

Dear Canadian investigative journalists, friends of the CBC, others? We the Canadian public need to understand what Pierre Poilievre’s relationship with Elon Musk actually is

Rhyme or reason?

Dear Editor, Some wiseacre social commentator once said, “History doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme.” Here’s an ironic historical rhyme. About 10 years ago, Thorne

Blaming Canada

Dear Editor, Funnily enough, MAGA supporters claim that if Canada was to join the USA, Canadians would get to enjoy a higher standard of living. Meanwhile, the American president has repeatedly stated that he wants to make America great again,

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A great time to be a billionaire

Dear Editor, For those readers of this paper who are already billionaires, I congratulate you on a brilliant career choice. Your chances of success are virtually assured. The world will kowtow to your every whim, and you can rest easy

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Confusion at the recycle bin

Dear Editor, The latest information on how to sort our recyclable refuse came in the mail as a black and white flyer from the local municipality. It indicates that we must decode what kind of container is biodegradable as it

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Civilizations come and go

Dear Editor, I’ve been taking an informal course of study of long-gone civilizations via YouTube University. Today, I watched a linguist tell of the language of the Hittite culture, once a thriving empire, centred around what is now Turkey. Little

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Nature is cruel

Dear Editor, That’s what I thought on Sunday. Y’see, I’d spent three days shovelling my driveway and digging out what remains of my firewood supply, only to awaken Sunday to see my hard work erased. I could have imagined that

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Democratic malaise

Dear Editor, I wish to thank you for bringing continued awareness to a subject that I am very passionate about and have referenced several times in the last few years in letters to this paper. Last week’s editorial concerning the

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Questions about Musk-Poilievre connection

Dear Canadian investigative journalists, friends of the CBC, others? We the Canadian public need to understand what Pierre Poilievre’s relationship with Elon Musk actually is (and Poilievre’s relationship with Trump). Exactly WHY did Elon Musk endorse Poilievre as PM of

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Rhyme or reason?

Dear Editor, Some wiseacre social commentator once said, “History doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme.” Here’s an ironic historical rhyme. About 10 years ago, Thorne Council saw fit to sue its volunteer community recreation association. Both sides, being the taxpayers

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