Letters

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...