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One of my fondest childhood memories is of crossing the Peace Bridge travelling from Buffalo to Hamilton with my parents to visit our Canadian relatives. You see, early in the 20th century my grandparents and their siblings emigrated from Italy. My grandparents settled in Buffalo; their siblings settled in Hamilton.
Over the years there were frequent visits back and forth. Food and wine and laughter flowed freely. As years passed the visits continued along with weddings and funerals.
Crossing the bridge to visit always felt like I was going to my second home. Now grown and married with children of my own I would mention familiar landmarks as we drove along the QEW, pointing out Hamilton’s “Mountain” when it came into view to let the kids know we were almost there. I remember my Canadian family with deep affection, especially my second cousin (since passed away) who was like a brother to me.
These days I still get that same special feeling when I cross the bridge to attend the Shaw Festival at Niagara on the Lake, visit the Butterfly Museum or see a play in Toronto. The reason I share all this is to tell my Canadian friends that there are millions of Americans like me who do not support our current government’s disgraceful actions and are heartbroken to see our Canadian ally subjected to such shameful treatment. These actions hurt us all.
It is my hope that our friendship remains strong and that you all continue to stand up to America’s bully president . At the age of 81, in light of current events, my only regret is that grandpa didn’t settle in Canada with his brother. Elizabeth Accordino, Perrysburg, New York Dropping off your kids at school on an e-bike? Here’s why you might not want to in Ontario , Feb.
10 Thanks to the Star for pointing out Doug Ford’s cynical law that fines young families for putting their children on their e-bikes. With the cost of housing in Toronto, many young families (including our own) have found using e-bicycles makes living here more affordable; owning a car is often an unaffordable luxury. Ford’s law puts children whose families rely on bikes (and the bike lanes!) at risk of accidents, so he is trying blame families for putting their children at risk rather than accepting liability for eliminating the bike lanes.
Ford’s actions can only be described as uncaring of Toronto families who need to use bicycles for their children’s transportation. Karin Brothers, Toronto Doug Ford thinks he is the mayor of Toronto (get rid of bike lanes on main streets). Now he thinks he is the Prime Minister of Canada (bring back capital punishment).
He is doing everything in his power to distract the voters from the real issues. Rarely does he talk about health care, education or housing — HIS REAL issues as premier. Ken Perkin, Scarborough Leadership candidates pitch plans for homebuilding, doctors, Feb.
13 I am glad to see Mark Carney advocating for modular housing in the Liberal leadership race. With housing starts in Ontario dropping 22 per cent last year we need to use the most effective tools in our tool box to get affordable housing built fast. Modular housing factories produce housing in a fraction of the time and at a fraction of the cost in climate controlled and quality-controlled environments.
New construction workers don’t need to spend years fulfilling apprenticeships but can be under the watchful eyes of a journeyman foreman. Older construction workers would be retained in a safe and healthy work environment. New immigrants may also be trained.
If you want to build a custom-built house go ahead, if you can afford it, but don’t leave the rest of us unhoused because we can’t afford “bespoke” construction. Bring housing construction into the 21st century. Judy Smith, Cobourg It’s striking to me that CBC news often addresses two ostensibly unrelated themes: the lack of Canadian military spending, and shortcomings in support for remote Indigenous and Northern communities.
It strikes me that these issues are very much related. Possibly a response to U.S.
President Donald Trump would point out that the best defence of the North would be to support these vast communities . Community support should be considered to be part of our national defence and functioning communities would be more effective than trying to police the region with a few more helicopters. Stephen Tulk, Toronto For Canadians in favour of becoming the 51 state, be very careful what you wish for! Trump wants only one thing from us which he very carefully avoids mentioning, and that’s our freshwater.
If you choose to join the U.S., sometime in the future our rivers will suffer the same fate as the Colorado River.
The St. Lawrence River will no longer reach the ocean; the water level in our lakes (including the Great Lakes) will drop to a similar level that Lake Mead and Lake Powell are currently at, or worse; our water table will drop drastically as it has in California. Canada will experience drought conditions and be unable to grow the essential produce that Canadians require just to mention a few results.
This is his hidden agenda. Everything else that Trump mentions can be imported from the rest of the world. Not freshwater.
Once our water is gone, it’s gone forever. What will future generations of Canadian then drink to survive? William Michajluk, Scarborough Donald Trump is waging war on the media — here’s why the media can’t bow down , Feb. 13 Vinay Menon’s article sounding the alarm on the threat of the demise of responsible media is right on the money and perhaps one of the most serious of all the threats bashing against the pillars of democracy.
It is a necessity in this age of untruth and misinformation and we must all continue to bang the drum to keep it alive and relevant. Thank you to the Toronto Star for allowing their talented staff to do their jobs speaking the truth. Virginia Moeser, Kawartha Lakes We are inundated hourly with media coverage of US.
President Donald Trump and his escapades. All you get from the news these days is Trump, Trump, Trump. I for one am suffering from Trump Overload.
He loves to be front and centre on the news stage several times a day. The best thing we all can do is to ignore him. He would hate that.
Brian Finbow, Port Hope Do you not realize that every time you put a picture of Premier Doug Ford in the paper, you are helping him? Yes, you have to report the news, but you do not have to continually print his image. Many people just look at pictures and captions, and even those who actually read the reports are affected by the visual bombardment. Margaret Gillespie, Scarborough.
