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LETTER: Easy to kill warming centres from comfort of heated room

LETTER: Easy to kill warming centres from comfort of heated room

'Schools, which are supported by taxpayers, could use gyms, as warming centres. Plus there could be showers available in the high schools as well.'
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LETTER: Ruling will keep construction monopolies at bay

LETTER: Ruling will keep construction monopolies at bay

Multiple bids on a project encourage contractors to innovate and put their best bid forward. This ensures taxpayers get their money’s worth, and that’s just what we’re seeing
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LETTER: The high cost of free parking

LETTER: The high cost of free parking

'Parking is a service like many others the city provides and when looking at increasing user fees, does it not make sense to start with parking?' reader asks
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LETTER: Private healthcare violates fundamental Canadian values

LETTER: Private healthcare violates fundamental Canadian values

Five principles of Canada Health Act are public administration, comprehensiveness, universality, portability and accessibility
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LETTER: Hospital's policies cause delays in SAH

LETTER: Hospital's policies cause delays in SAH

Letter writer believes patients in hospitals get 'backed up' because only doctors can order different tests, causing delays in the emergency
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LETTER: Need to change our perspective on private healthcare

LETTER: Need to change our perspective on private healthcare

'The beggar cannot be a chooser, and that is essentially what we are, when it comes to our current healthcare model'
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LETTER: Privatization won't fix Ontario's health care issues

LETTER: Privatization won't fix Ontario's health care issues

Reader Bill Slater has some questions when it comes to Sault MPP Ross Romano's recent comments on health care
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LETTER: Recognizing challenged books list a welcome initiative

LETTER: Recognizing challenged books list a welcome initiative

Reader Camille DeSumma feels some of the books 'help combat the dangerous atmosphere of close-mindedness'
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LETTER: Depriving elderly of their loved ones causes suffering

LETTER: Depriving elderly of their loved ones causes suffering

Plan to charge $400 a day to frail elderly patients — to coerce them into accepting transfer to long-term care far from home — an egregious violation of their rights
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LETTER: 'Banned' books were hardly a problem

LETTER: 'Banned' books were hardly a problem

Reader says books on today's banned or 'challenged' list were enjoyed by her students
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