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Re: Safety first for rural mail ser. vice in Mitchurch-Stoufii/ille, letter to the editor by Scott Lewis of Cana- da Post Corporation, Oct. 18. Times change at post office The story of Ms Ouwroulis has brought fresh news to the comâ€" munity. It really has been a while since The Sun-Tribune published such a story. Cheers and keep publishing more unconventional stories. lE'l'TERS POLICY The Sun-Ttihune welcomes your letters. All submissions must be 199: than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number. name and address. The Sun-THhune reserves the right to publish or nnt publish and to edit for clarity and spare Letters to the Editor. The Sun-Tribune 6290 Main St. Stoumm, GM LM IG7 The Sun-Tfibune will lose its rep- utation as being a “bringer of local news” if it listened. Ms Ingan might as well purchase national dailies such as the National Post or Globe Mail if she wants that type of news. As for her suggestion The Sun- Tribune should instead report on the “Oct. 14 election, economic/ market woes in the United States and Canada and war in Afghani- stan” instead of the story of a strip- per from Stouffville? Ms Ouwroulis’ story and occupa- tion is part of our reality. If Ms Logan is worried about explaining to her young kids what a stripper is, then she has to find a way to explain it metaphorically like how babies are made. (See the birds and the bees.) For sure, given Ms Ouwroulis’ occupation, her story might upset some people who are not used to getting this kind of human interest story, especially in a family-oriented community, but it just happens that she lives here. If the Sun-Tribune decided not to publish her story, then it would be unworthy of being called a true newspaper. What happened to her is news, plain and sirnple. The mere fact her case has gone to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario is a big issue and her story deserves to be shared with readers in Ms Ouwrou- lis’ home town. I completely disagree with Ms Logan for the simple reason the person the story is about, Kimber- lee Ouwroulis,‘is a Stouffvillian her- self. As a resident of this commu- nity, she is entitled to be featured in an objective manner, which in my opinion was done well by your paper. So, the story of a stripper from Stouffville who was allegedly fired because of her age shouldn’t be published at all? Re: Stripper’s story wasn’t news- worthy, letter to the editor by Susan [ogan Oct. 1 1. jmason.yrmg.com Stripper’s story deserved Sun-Tribune coverage Canada Post and CUPW (the Stouflville Sun-Tribune. Saturday, Nov. 1,2008 MELCHIZEDEK MAQUISO PIN ION STOUFFVILLE INTERACTIVE MEDIA Marketing Advertising Manager Da wna Andrews dandmmfi‘yrmg mm inmconfi‘yrmgrom EDITORIAL Editor lim Mason Back in 1900 When there was a rush from all areas of Europe to come to Canada. people made a Maybe we should turn to our history books and point out to peo- ple why today’s Canadian is not willing to accept the new kind of immigrant any longer. Stand up for old Canada At the same time CUPW would like to keep up the costs by employ- ing people. And, of course at the same time we all would like to reduce costs because we want more for ourselves. We are all caught in the crunch of time. And now some exit music by Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A-Changin'. The problem is times are chang- ing. Canada Post has lost a ton of business of shipping paper around the world to internet e-mailing. A ton of business means a ton of money. are safety issues. Always have beén, always will be. post office union) both admit there Classified Manager Bonnie Rondmu hmndmufi‘ynng. mm ADVERTISING Retail Manager Dianne Mahom’y RON BOYD smUFFwLLE ’Siwi‘W-Tribune PUBLISHER Ian Proudfoot 6290 Main St. Stoufiville, ON. MA 167 They were Canadians fighting Hitler. Mussolini and the Emperâ€" or of Japan. They were defending Freedom as one people. When we liberated France, no one in those villages looked for the Ukrainian-Canadian or the Gennan-Canadian. The people of France saw only Canadians. Here we are in 2008 with a new kind of immigrant who wants the same rights and privileges. ()nly they want to achieve it by playing with a different set of rules, one that includes a Canadian passport and a guarantee of being faithful to their Canadians fought alongside men whose parents had come straight over from Germany, Italy, France. and so many other countries. Nothing was handed to them. No free lunches, no welfare, no labour laws to protect them. Most of their children came of age when the Second World War broke out. They made learning English a primary rule and did everything in their power to have their children assimilate into one culture. pledge to uphold the laws and sopâ€" mother country. port their new country in good and 'Ihat's not w bad times. dian ic a" gym. Pnonucnon Team Leader She"? Dav Burma IN CHIEF Debora Kelly ADVERTISING 905-640â€"2612 ‘ (‘lassifird: 1-800â€"743â€"3353 Fax: 905-640-8778 I am a native of this country7 and proud of it. No more political correctness. No more not saying Christmas in stores and our schools, Seasonal It's about time we get real and stand up for our forefathers’ rights. We are Canadian), _lest we forget it. I believe the immigrants who landed in Canada in the early 19005 would be appalled they are being used as an example by those wav- ing foreign flags, fighting foreign battles, making Canadians change to suit their religions and cultures, and wanting to change our coun- try's fabric by claiming discrimina- tion when we do not give in to their demands. 'Ihat's not what being a (lana- dian is all about. Canadians have been open-hearted and open- minded regarding immigrants, whether they were fleeing poverty, dictatorship, persecution, or what- ever else makes us think of those aforementioned immigrants who truly did adopt our country, and our flag and our morals and our customs and left their wars, hatred. and divisions behind. EDITORIAL 905-640-2612 Fax: 905-640-8778 DISTRIBUTION 905â€"640-261 2 A York Region Media Group community newspaper The Sun-Tribune, published every Thursday and Saturday. is a division of the Metroland Media Group Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Torstar Corporation. Metroland is comprised of 100 community publications across Ontario. me York Region Newspaper Group includes The Liberal. sewing Richmond Hill and Thomhili. Vaughan Citizen, The Era-Banner ( Newmariret/ Aurora) Markham Economist Sun, Georgina Advocate, York Region Business Times. North of the City, yorkregioncom and York Region Printing. {SEW-Tribune It was a wonderful evening of entertainment, which would not have been possible without the gen v erous support of the York Region Media Group, including The Sunâ€" Tribune, and the bursary partners. including our Town of VVhilChlerh- Stouffville. Our 13-year-old son was the grateful recipient of one of many bursaries awarded Oct. 18 at Markham Theatre, where all of the young award winners showcased their talents before an appreciative full house. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Mayor Wayne Emmerson and the Town of WhitchurCh-Stouffville's council, for their generous donation of a bursary in support of York Region Media Group's eighth annual (Zel- ebration of the Arts. Sun-Tribune, town support young artists I personally don’t notice any dif- ference in my standard of living now that I'm paying five per cent rather than seven per cent CST. I do notice it though when as the result of billions of lost revenue, our leaders start to talk in terms of a budget deficit rather than a budch surplus. New economic realities will he a real test for our new government. Hopefully, we’ll hear less and less from Mr. Harper and Mr. Flaherty about how lower taxes, deregulaâ€" tion, and free market forces will solve all our problems. Now all we as taxpayers have do is pick up the $300-million tab The election that wasn’t necâ€" essary is thankfully over. Nobody talks about it, but it was more than unnecessary in that Stephen Harp- er had to break his own law to call the election. His continued minor- ity was well deserved. Minority well deserved, Prime Minister Harper back. Holiday be damned. I want the Canada of my birth b What do you think of these issues? E-mail jmason@yrmg.com HAVE YOUR SAY BLAKE TUFFORD WHI’I'! {HL'RL‘H-S’IY )( 'FH ’II,I,I‘ RICK UPTON 3'1 '()UI<'I-'\V’ILLI: 10