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LETTER: Long-term care institutions have no place in caring society

LETTER: Long-term care institutions have no place in caring society

It is long past time that we should stop institutionalizing people simply because their needs are increasing due to age, illness or disability, letter write says
LETTER: Newmarket and area businesses step up to support service dog training

LETTER: Newmarket and area businesses step up to support service dog training

Even during a pandemic, businesses helped raise nearly $2,000 toward training for Cable, a future service dog, letter writer says
LETTER: Province champions Lake Simcoe in announcing nature reserve, while ignoring most important wetland

LETTER: Province champions Lake Simcoe in announcing nature reserve, while ignoring most important wetland

The Bradford Bypass will cause the loss of 416.57 hectares of lands significant and important to the health of Lake Simcoe, write environmental coalitions
LETTER: Wherever you Relay on Saturday, you're supporting those with cancer

LETTER: Wherever you Relay on Saturday, you're supporting those with cancer

For over 20 years, Newmarket residents have united with communities across the country to support the Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life
LETTER: Pflag York Region stand in solidarity with the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation

LETTER: Pflag York Region stand in solidarity with the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation

We begin Pride Month with yet another reminder of the very real and historical impacts colonialism has on marginalized peoples across the country with the discovery of the remains of 215 children on the grounds of a former residential school, says letter writer
LETTER: Community deserves to know identity of residents violating isolation order

LETTER: Community deserves to know identity of residents violating isolation order

Letter writer is shocked by thoughtless behavior of York Region residents who broke rules for self-isolation
LETTER: Thank you to generous readers for their Mother's Day gifts

LETTER: Thank you to generous readers for their Mother's Day gifts

NewmarketToday readers 'adopted' moms in need, supporting families with catastrophic health expenses, says Shine Through the Rain Foundation board chair
LETTER: Quality of care at Southlake greatly appreciated

LETTER: Quality of care at Southlake greatly appreciated

The Newmarket hospital's nurses, in particular, kept spirits high and showed great kindness, letter writer says
LETTER : Grocery store workers should be high priority for COVID-19 vaccine

LETTER : Grocery store workers should be high priority for COVID-19 vaccine

How is it possible that workers in the most obvious place of transmission have not been designated as high priority to receive the vaccine, letter writer questions
LETTER: When daffodils bloom, hope grows for people affected by cancer in Newmarket

LETTER: When daffodils bloom, hope grows for people affected by cancer in Newmarket

To show your support for a future withouth cancer, visit your local Pharmasave or London Drugs to buy a daffodil pin, or donate at the register at any local Metro, Adonis or Pharmasave store