Letters

Dear Editor, On Thursday, September 14, when I first read the social media post regarding the comment by Meaford Mayor Ross Kentner, at a Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting held on September 13, I was immediately shocked and dismayed. Then embarrassment, disbelief and anger took hold. How could a mayor make such a sexist comment, in the workplace, in the 21st...

Editor, Regarding MP Ruff’s letter of August 31, 2023, telling the assailants who murdered the Owen Sound restaurant owner to turn themselves in. Three knuckleheads decided to give a thumbs down! Are these the same three people that committed the crime? Surely nobody can be that stupid to want to live amongst people that would murder. Give your heads a...

Dear Editor, It has been devastating to watch nightly news reports from Libya where a massive rainstorm provoked dam failures releasing about 24 million cubic metres of water that destroyed a quarter of the city of Derna and killed more than 5,000 people. What is it that Meaford’s council, along with provincial officials and the Department of National Defence, don’t understand...

Dear Editor, I have been talking to '20 somethings', and they had never heard the song 'Snowbird'. They have not seen Danny Kaye. It occurs to me that they have never seen the show Prairie Giant, therefore they have no idea what life was like before Tommy Douglas. I tried to show Prairie Giant at the Hall and was not...

Dearest Terry, Since I saw you as I was walking south on Yonge St. in Thornhill, Ontario, in 1980, you touched my heart in a big way. I have done the Run 42 times. I missed the run in 2019 as I sustained a big pain in my left hip and was in pretty rough shape. Sorry. This year will be...

Editor, To those responsible and anyone who knows, The City of Owen Sound along with the family and friends of Sharif Rahman, a beloved community member and owner of The Curry House, have struggled as they mourn Sharif’s senseless passing. The greater community has come together in support of the Rahman family in a tremendous show of solidarity but Canada,...

Editor, Below is the original version of this letter that has been approved by and is supported by the member groups of the Grey Bruce Climate Action Network: Greetings Mr. Byers, We write to you as our elected representative in the provincial government to voice our grave concerns about the lands that were removed from the Greenbelt for housing development and the...

Dear Editor, The start of the school year is just around the corner and we at Ontario School Safety (OSS) are concerned that the Ontario government has yet to share any sort of plan to improve air quality in our schools to make it safer for students and staff. Why is clean air important? Ventilation and filtration in school buildings and...

Dear Editor, Gasoline is a volatile liquid that quickly becomes extremely dangerous if it is handled improperly. By law it must be dispensed under strictly controlled conditions subject to strict environmental regulations. Electrical vehicle charging stations are plugs. We all have them in our homes. Any qualified electrician can install a plug pretty much anywhere you would like it. Provided...

Dear Editor, In his June 8 letter, Mr Cameron expressed his concern that management of the roads department had spent $187,000.00 without following proper procedures of the purchasing bylaw in regards to the repair of one of the three graders owned by the municipality. Essentially, Mr Cameron wrote that roads management circumvented the purchasing bylaw inventing an emergency situation that,...