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Ottawans need to find more important things to complain about | Opinion

Brigitte Pellerin: A new trash pickup schedule and the termination of door-to-door mail delivery shouldn't get this much resistance.

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I was in an airport restroom recently when I heard a familiar yet almost forgotten sound: “You’ve got mail!”

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