A quick google search shows that the definition of racism is "prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized", so yes, these signs are racism as they are showing hostility towards immigrants who are often of different "ethnic groups, typically that are minority or marginalized". Just because it's targeting more than one ethnic group does not mean it's not racist.
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Wow! I really feel for you Noel, your neighbour sounds like a rude, ignorant person. For some reason it always astounds me when I hear stories of people like your neighbour - not only will this rude, ignorant person not do anything about the fact that HIS chickens are ruining other people's property, this person has the audacity to swear at you when you ask him to keep his chickens on HIS OWN property. People like your neighbour are what's wrong with this world - ignorant and self entitled, only caring about themselves. I hope you take him to small claims court and get every penny you deserve! Best of luck!
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Victoria Day is May 24th this year, so it's next weekend, not this weekend. You should make sure that's corrected in this article Sudbury.com.
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Opik, if a company can't afford to pay their employees a living wage (which during a global pandemic would include paid time off to get tested, and to isolate if sick and get vaccinated) then they shouldn't be in business. The government should not have to make/legislate employers to provide this to their employees. The fact that the large employers down in the Toronto/Peel area haven't already done this is disgusting in my opinion. We as a society should be rethinking who we give our money to - I know the Wal-Marts, Costcos and Amazons of the world will be getting far, far less (if any) of my money going forward.
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Wow Sudbury.com, not sure why you're allowing comments like this on your site. Especially on International Women's Day.
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@Jethro12 - If you read the question properly you would realize that it's not 77% of people who WANT to be in the red control zone, but 77% of people THINK we will be going to the red control zone - Two different things. That means that 77% of people looked at the FACTS (actual number of confirmed covid cases in the Sudbury area over the last 7 days) and then based on the ACTUAL covid framework set by the Ontario government realized that we will in fact most likely be heading towards the red control zone. I voted yes, because I THINK we are headed to the red zone, but I certainly DON'T want to see more businesses closed.
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People are mentally and emotionally exhausted at this point. It's been almost one year of these measures with no end in sight. Imagine you were someone who lives alone and has been doing your best to follow the guidance of public health experts and yet you aren't seeing any end to this? There's hardly any benefits to you following guidelines as the restrictions remain in place, since there are people who don't care enough about other people to try their best to follow the guidelines? There are people that haven't HUGGED or TOUCHED another human being for almost a YEAR. It's not ok anymore. People are exhausted. Look at the hatred and vitriole that human beings are flinging at each other online these days for having different views and opinions. People need social contact. Continuing to tell people to physical distance and gather outdoors only isn't working.
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@Tommy Genobli, as we saw after the Christmas holidays, there are unfortunately some irresponsible parents and educators that choose to travel or have people from out of town visit during extended breaks. If the kids are to remain in school, I think the smartest and safest option is to cancel the March break and shorten the school year by a week in June. That way there is less possibility of people traveling out of the region and bringing covid back with them.
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Lerenzo, that's a very narrow sited statement. The reality is the population is declining and there won't be enough workers to take care of the elderly in the North in the years to come. We're already seeing worker shortages in key industries such as healthcare and I'm sure this pandemic will deter some young workers from entering healthcare as well. I say Welcome to the North to anyone wishing to come here. Cities like Sudbury, North Bay and Sault Ste Marie will never be like Toronto in terms of population size, but we certainly do need to see more diversity and cultures in the North.
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It's $317,000 a unit when you do the math, so that makes a lot more sense!
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