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Nobody takes responsibility

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Mary Gibb

Dear Editor, In the past couple of years, I have had my car dinged in a parking lot three times. In all cases, no one admitted to doing it. Even a small mark can be expensive. When I took it to the repair shop last week early in the morning, they...

The Harper government is out of control

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Pete Brodeur

Dear Editor, Mr. Harper and his Conservatives want the people to be ready for cutbacks while they add 30 more MPs and 17 more Senators and then get ready to lay off the real workers that pay their wages. These elected leeches will just be figureheads...

Deserving respect not scorn

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Dr. Brian Hadley

Dear Editor, In response the recent article on Methadone clinics, I felt I had to respond. After 30 years as a family doctor, I changed direction and now care for almost 300 Methadone patients at two clinics, First Step Belleville and the Napanee...

The Syrian Tragedy

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Gwynne Dyer

EMC Editorial - "The Security Council cannot go about imposing solutions in crisis situations in various countries of the world," said Vitaly Churkin, Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, as the UN began discussing what to do about the Syrian crisis...

Camping out isn't all fun and games

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Terry Bush

EMC Editorial - A camper I'm not. A year and a half spent travelling the wilds of British Columbia and Alberta in my early twenties pretty well cured me of all that camping foolishness. As comfortable as the wooden verandah of the ski school on Vancouver's...

Reverse Robin Hood 2012

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Paul Whittaker

Dear Editor, Canada's Prime Minister, perhaps thinking on the fly, announced in Davos, that Canadian pensioners might have to manage with less, unless of course they are rich enough to not be reliant on the public pension plan. Consider our MPs'...