Friday, June 6, 2025

Letters

Rural Roads and Residents Deserve Respect

Editor, Further to Ken Risk's letter (well said Ken) regarding a dangerous rural intersection, the proposed diversion of traffic on SD/RD 13E will compound another already dangerous situation. If traffic is diverted to SD/RD 13E it will be an invitation to disaster as the intersection of SD/RD 13 and municipal road 7 is hidden making it necessary to pull out extremely...

Save Georgian Bay: What Meaford Council Isn’t Talking About

Dear Editor, At the May 26 Meaford Council meeting, councillors received an update from the Pumped Storage Advisory Committee (PSAC) and debated a motion for independent water testing related to TC Energy’s proposed pumped storage project. For those who didn’t tune in, there were some critical—and troubling—takeaways. First, let’s be clear about PSAC’s role. This committee is not evaluating whether TC...

Frustrated by Speeders

Editor, May 20 going 80 km, the speed LIMIT, from Meaford to Owen Sound at Rockford a racer sped past us doing at least 90 km. When we arrived at the third light, lo and behold there he was. Passing him I wondered what was his point. May 21 outside Thornbury just when the 80 Speed limit (MAXIMUM) came up another...

TC Energy: International Political Climate Underscores Need For Ontario To Bolster Energy Security

Dear Editor, In January, the Ontario Government announced its investment of up to $285 million to advance pre-development work for the Ontario Pumped Storage Project, positioning it as a key initiative in their “all-of-the-above approach to energy affordability and energy security.” This investment signals the pivotal role that energy storage will play in ensuring Ontario has a resilient and secure...

Reader: Big Province, Big Demand, Big Corporation, Big Mistake?

Editor, Our Provincial Government continues to promote Cleaner, Cheaper and Faster technologies for energy systems in Ontario. But they have teamed up with a giant corporation Trans Canada Energy who have adopted our local Indigenous Communities to build (in the municipality of Meaford) an Out-dated, Expensive and Inefficient storage system called Pumped Storage! This is confusing! It will disrupt protected Niagara...

Alarmed by Bill 5: Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act 2025

Editor, Protection is a broad term. When it includes an exemption from the Environmental Bill of Rights in order to proceed with developments (and more roads, infrastructure, etc.) in areas that are presently wooded, or wetlands in their natural state, with no regard for their importance as natural carbon sinks and the last remaining habitat for endangered species, what or...

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Call to Revoke Conditional Support for TC Energy’s Pumped Storage Proposal

Editor, Save Georgian Bay is calling on Meaford, Owen Sound, and Grey Bruce Councils to revoke their conditional support for TC Energy’s proposed open-loop pumped storage project. In 2023 and 2024, the Councils expressed support for the project based on the understanding that it would undergo a thorough and independent environmental impact assessment to ensure the protection of local ecosystems and...

Trash No More?

Editor, If anyone has been rambling lately in the Fred Raper beach, maybe you’ve noticed it’s cleaner. That’s because on April 21, Easter Monday, a small group gathered there to clean up the beach. It was spearheaded by Natasha Akiwenzie. Natasha was the Federal Green candidate for Grey Bruce, and her approach to campaigning was deeply personal. Natasha is from the Saugeen...

Concern About Safety of Rural Corner

Editor, I am writing about a dangerous corner in our rural road system. If you travel South on County Road 12 and then East on Sideroad 13, you will make a left hand turn. It is difficult to see oncoming traffic. County Road 12 is about to be torn up and repaved. Now is the time to correct this potential killer....

Racquets Initiative Angers Reader

Editor, The Town of The Blue Mountains(TBM) is currently being held captive and accountable to one man, Kev Rostami, who is pushing TBM to provide him town-owned land on which to build an indoor tennis facilities. He is demanding space for 4-6 courts, serviced land, exempt from development charges and demands delivery by end of May 2025. He has no...

Kindness in 3s in Meaford

Editor, I hadn’t been to Tim Hortons for 9 days trying to cut down on my coffee until yesterday. A ‘regular’ asked if I was ok and said we’d been worried about you. I explained I was on a 12-day spring cleanse and actually went to the 'regulars' table and explained the ‘wild rose’ cleanse. After I went to the Independent...

Governing Not Dictating

Editor, Today we wake up with all counting and recounting done, to a Canada being governed by a strong minority government. A bit more right of center than Trudeau’s government. I am happy with a minority government that has to listen to, but not beg, for other party ideas and cooperation. A majority win would have allowed the government to...

Thoughts on Racquets Initiative

Editor, Further to the staff-written article “Georgian Bay Racquets Initiative Discusses Indoor Tennis Proposal with Town of The Blue Mountains,” which appeared online on April 28, 2025: I was struck by the omission of the interview subject’s name and surprised you would devote space to an unidentified individual in this manner. Did the interview subject insist on anonymity? The demands/expectations of the...

Reader Offers Thoughts on Coming Federal Election

Editor, A vote for Ruff means several things: We would have no real policies to deal with climate change or environmental destruction caused by global warming. Instead, let’s build energy corridors (euphemism for pipelines) to export our fossil fuel pollution to the world. We’ll sell our “ethically” produced LNG, Oil, Gas to countries who still use coal. How does this...

Reader: Bail Out The Bay

Editor, The Bay department store chain, also known as HBC (Hudson's Bay Company), is nearly $1 billion in debt and those debts are getting called in by the creditors. As a result, Canada's oldest department store began liquidating 90 of its 96 stores last month, triggering widespread distress among its workforce and affiliated small businesses. As well, HBC will pay up to $3 million total in retention...

Praise For Rocklyn Community Theatre

Editor, Well if you didn’t get to Rocklyn last weekend, you should have!! What a terrific job the Rocklyn Community Theatre did! Their play this year, ‘Squirrel Lake’, was hilarious! Every actor did his/her part really well! Kudos to everyone involved with the production! Carole Edgar, Meaford