Letters

Dear Mr. Vance, Thanks for compiling the list of the Meaford budget statistics in the Independent. The one glaring omission was the total dollar amount of the budget which would provide the actual numbers of the other increases and percentages. There is also the matter of the non-disclosure agreement that all employees are forced to sign, which hamstrings any employee who witnesses...

Dear Editor, Opponents of TC Energy's proposed pumped storage project in Meaford have repeatedly voiced concerns about potential harms to the aquatic life of Georgian Bay. The harms include a massive fish kill, as occurred at a similar plant in Ludington, Mich., where only a 12-year lawsuit stopped 1.5 million fish a year dying from being sucked into that plant's...

Editor, With growing alarm, we have watched the direct threats to global peace, justice, and human rights posed by the actions of the Government of the United States. The Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW), locally represented by the CFUW Owen Sound & Area club, is steadfast in our commitment to advocate for universal human rights, social justice, sustainable development,...

Editor, A huge shout out to Meaford's own Mackenzie Fleming for hosting this truly amazing event! Here are the details that Mac would never brag about: He was 19 years old when he started this event to honour his grandparents. He has raised many $$ to support health care at a local level – the Meaford Hospital Foundation! Players attend to...

Editor, Our Meaford International Women’s Day was a super event! However, I do know that some of the ladies in the Scarecrow Kazoo Band were disappointed that their part in the event wasn’t mentioned. After all, they all showed up, including the Queen, all in costume and marched into the hall, playing their kazoos, kicking off the whole afternoon programme....

Dear Editor, Some people strive all their lives and never get recognized for their efforts. March 15 Brian Docherty had his time to shine. He was presented with the King Charles III medal at the People Care Nursing Home in Meaford (Editor's note:  see page 11 of this week's print newspaper). He is so very sick but it was obvious...

Editor, It is an astounding revelation that our duly elected Meaford Council have just passed a vote on a bylaw suggested by and maybe even written by a non-elected corporation. Now our Council is bowing to future corporations who will control the future of Meaford. As TCE manipulated our Council to conditionally approve this antiquated, destructive and ill-advised Pumped Storage...

Editor, I have been a Starlink customer from 04-23 to 03-25. The ISP is good but expensive to start up and monthly fees are high. Save $47.20/mth using a local ISP that has better performance with no data caps Keep the $ in Canada. Stop paying $158.20/mth to Musk in the USA Possibly prevent impacts of retaliatory tariffs that may...

Dear Editor, I feel compelled to challenge Dave MacDougall’s distorted view of the TC Energy Pumped Storage (OPS) proposal’s benefits and Save Georgian Bay. D.M: “As a renewable energy storage facility it will help to stabilize Ontario’s Energy Grid as we transition to electric vehicles.” FALSE. The OPS is not storage for renewable energy. Rather, (as the government press release notes), it...

Editor, Today, all of us share the fact that we are one day older than we were yesterday. We often tend not to think of aging day by day and only acknowledge the passage of time when something out of the ordinary happens. AND, something out of the ordinary happened a few days ago on a residential street in the...