Letters

Dear SkyDev, I would like to thank you for your kind offer of $120,000 to purchase a property owned by myself and about 3,500 taxpayers here in Meaford. That $34.28 will come in very handy for the five litres of diesel I purchase next. I would also like to mention that the amount will not cover the cost of your sanitary...

Editor, A while back, TCE stated the outflow from the proposed pump storage facility would be no more than other natural drains, such as rivers (one has to presume). More recently, TCE also stated that the outflow speed would be no more than one kilometer per hour. How can those pronouncements support the proposed electrical output? I would like to see...

Dear Editor, If only to knock it off the top of your web page, I want to respond to Ann Gillies' screed about Christmas on the Bay. I get it. She hates gays, lesbians, and trans people. And lots of other people too. She wants to dress up the hate with bafflegab about "gender ideology". It won't fly. She's a professional bigot....

Editor, Meaford residents seem to have a wait-and-see attitude about protecting their homes and surroundings from the potential damage from eight years of TCE construction. So should they obtain guarantees from TC Energy about road upkeep, air and water quality, the health of residents, noise, and Bay ecosystems? On July, 2021, the 4th Canadian Division Training Centre(DND) gave TC Energy the...

Editor, After reading the letter from Ann E. Gillies (PhD!), all I can say is, "consider the source": a "professional" with a website dedicated to "allow individuals with crises in identity to recover wholeness". This includes giving talks on the almost universally discredited and damaging notion of "Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria". Ms. Gillies attempts to mask homophobia and transphobia behind self-proclaimed...

Editor: There IS a Santa! After many years of having artificial Christmas trees, this year I yearned for a real one. I didn't want one that had been cut in August but a fresh one. I asked some people I thought might help find; they said they would ask but doubted it would be successful. Imagine my surprise when, an evening...

Editor, I like to express my sentiments of gratitude in writing, to the Doctors, Nurses, and Staff at our Meaford Hospital. I took suddenly ill and landed at the Meaford Hospital on December 6th, 2022, where I ended up spending 10 days in the care and empathy of great Doctors and Medical Staff. I can't say enough about the prompt and efficient...

Editor, Fellow citizens of Meaford, we have heard from our local scribe about the attacks upon him personally for refusing to take sides regarding local politics and unfolding events in our town, and there are some realities I wish to point out. First of all, he is a journalist and as such is expected to simply report, without comment, what is...

Editor, I grew up in Meaford and raised my children there for several years; I still consider it my home town. After watching Counselor Uhrig’s Facebook posts of Christmas on the Bay that took place last weekend, I knew I must comment on the drag and dancer event. (Bob Uhrig and I rode the same school bus on the 7th...

Editor, Grocery bills are rising. So are costs to light your home. Maybe there is a way to recoup some of these unwelcome and unanticipated expenses. But ingrained habits die hard and here’s why: In the so-called olden days, we got our light from burning candles. Candles cost money to buy, or they taxed our time to make at home. Consequently, if we...