Beware recycle, garbage police thanks to pilot project
I want to state up front: I applaud individual action, particularly in regard to climate change and ecological matters. However, I do not approve of individual action being forced…
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Letter: Online courses require great focus and discipline
Ontario’s education ministry announced on Friday that students will be required to take four online courses to graduate. The averages out to one a year. Even as a smart, university-…
Letter: Is development the solution for lower taxes?
Since this past municipal election, we have read comments from both councillors and newspaper people about the need for more development to help offset water rates and to help defray…
Letter: Turbine cancellation decision troubling
Please add my name to those who are troubled by the recent decisions of the Doug Ford Conservatives and supported by our local MPP Todd Smith to cancel initiatives aimed…
Letter: With no Plan B, it’s not the time for political games
Global temperature will increase by 1.5 C as early as 2030. We know that change will mean major catastrophic changes. We are already seeing the effects.If we want any chance…
Letter: Concerning issues to be considered at election time
Thank you for your editorial support of community activism. We generally work independently, at our own expense, to improve the human condition where we live. We often identify issues overlooked…
Letter: Campaign has seemed lacklustre thus far
As a resident of Sophiasburgh, I am disappointed in this lacklustre campaign and the lack of information that has plagued the 2018 municipal election. How are we to cast an…
Letter: Epstein’s fresh voice will be missed at Shire Hall
I was sorry to hear that Lenny Epstein will not continue on council for the next term. He represented a fresh and modern voice with many new ideas. His emphasis…
Let’s talk more about the value of tourism
About this time last year, I wrote a letter asking if our community, as a whole, benefitted from tourism? Despite my qualified stated support for tourism, far too many (who…
Financial help to attend Farmland Forum available
The mission of the Ontario Farmland Trust (OFT) is to protect and preserve Ontario farmlands and associated agricultural, natural and cultural features of our valued rural life. And the OFT…