Letters to the Editor

Why is the government so greedy? There are millions of immigrants (now Canadians) from Europe who receive a pension from their homeland. We do not go back where we came from to spend that money. Oh no, it is spent right here in Canada.

National Volunteer Week, April 23 to April 29, pays tribute to the millions of Canadian volunteers across the country who give of themselves to better their communities.

I was disappointed to read Bob Daigle's letter regarding Dr. Roger Strasser's 2005 salary.

This is an open letter to Premier Dalton McGuinty and Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci. I ask you to learn more about income gaps. Societies where the gap between the rich and poor is less, are societies where everyone has a better quality of life.

Spring is here and the issue of cosmetic pesticides is heating up across the country-almost everywhere, it seems, except in Sudbury.

I am writing to express our deep concern about recent cuts to the EnerGuide for Houses service provided by Natural Resources Canada.

Sudbury proves that this city is a caring community in which to live. The citizens of Kashechewan are faced once again with being homeless related to the natural disaster of spring flooding.

As a new resident to Sudbury from Woodstock, I have a few suggestions to make the city a more pleasant place. I'm impressed with the efforts that have been made to "green up" the city and surrounding areas.

In January, Councillor Claude Berthiaume introduced a notice of motion asking for a referendum on de-amalgamation and every councillor except two voted to waive the normal two-week waiting time for the motion, and the idea was defeated at this meetin

The story in Northern Life about war brides made me sit up and reflect. My father volunteered to serve his country in 1940 and received the Volunteer Service Medal. He served all through Europe in the Second World War and returned to Canada in 1945.