Letters

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...

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...

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

Editor, Disappointed! Hello Meaford. My lovely little town. Filled with caring people. Until recently, I never thought this would occur in this, my home town. But I guess, times are a changing. I consider myself a proud Canadian, and I find myself very invested in the upcoming crucial Federal Election. After listening to all the candidates, on how they all were going to make...

Dear Editor: I’m voting for my kids in this federal election. Why? The young people we love so much are in grave danger from devastating weather disruptions, climate catastrophes and adverse health impacts from climate change that are intensifying each and every year. Drastically cutting the fossil fuel pollution that has sparked the climate crisis is a sacred duty we owe...