Why is it that city council always denies us the right to have a grocery store that’s open 24 hours? Isn’t this city big enough?
After all, we have many employers in the area who work 24/7.

I worked in the construction field for 35 years and there’s been many occasions I needed to get groceries after hours due to working a night shift or afternoon, and getting off work at midnight or past 2 a.m.

You can’t buy groceries, because all the stores are closed. Sure, you can stop in at a corner store, but I don’t want to pay $10 for a 12-pack of water.

After getting a call at 10 p.m. on a Friday, I have been sent out of town to work at a minute’s notice and couldn’t get groceries for my kids for the week because the stores are all closed.

I think it’s time to get with the program, City of Greater Sudbury. Not everyone works a 9-5 job.

We keep saying we have a lack of employment, but yet what about those jobs you could create by allowing stores to set their own hours?

I’m sure someone would work night shift. Actually, I know people that prefer night shift.
North Bay has one. Timmins has one. Why not the City of Greater Sudbury?

Joseph Larocque
Greater Sudbury