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As a young girl growing up in Dublin, Ireland, I spent many hours in the company of the novelist, dramatist, poet and war poet Winifred M. Letts (1882-1972),…

As a young girl growing up in Dublin, Ireland, I spent many hours in the company of the novelist, dramatist, poet and war poet Winifred M. Letts (1882-1972),…

Ignore protesters It may be time for the media to stop covering these protests that we have seen too often of late. If they don’t get their fifteen minutes of…

Article content Vaccination clinic well organized My wife and I went to the Agriplex yesterday to get our vaccinations. I let her off at the door while I parked the car. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Letters to the Editor: March 10 Back to video While she waited at the door for me she was asked by a couple of attendants if they could help. When I came we were escorted inside the building. Others directed us to where we were to go to sit down ...

I disagree. Many of these buildings have no real history. Nothing of lasting interest or significance happened there. The notion that keeping old buildings as the only way to keep our history is nonsense. Buildings can be memorialized with street-side plaques, photographs, exhibits within museums, and sections of architecturally interesting structures can be moved to parks or the pioneer village. I take exception to Bentley’s glowing description of the former children’s hospital. I worked t...

Article content Vaccine rollout ticking along The Feb. 18 Free Press editorial castigates Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for Canada’s problems accessing vaccines and yet a headline on the front page of the paper read, “Gearing up for a COVID shot blitz.” That led into an article that describes London’s health unit adding two more vaccination clinics to the two already present, and gearing up for “a mass vaccination campaign.” We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refre...

Try refreshing your browser, or Letters to the Editor: Feb. 16 Back to video Last year, when every local golf course was at capacity, London chose to keep River Road golf course closed, but paid to keep the course in playable shape all summer. Why is everyone now acting so surprised that the golf course lost hundreds of thousands of dollars more than expected? That this massive loss is being used as evidence River Road should be closed smacks worrisomely of a hidden agenda. All it really prov...