Letters

Editor, Thank you to David Glass for the letter to the editor in last week's issue about the puzzling dog feces along the Georgian Trail. Our situation is much more personal as we are finding dog feces bags along the road side edge of our wooded residential property on Centre Street. There is no puzzle here. These are being thrown deliberately into...

Editor, TC Energy is proposing a state-of-the-art 1000 MW pumped storage facility in Meaford, Ontario, adjacent to Georgian Bay to provide flexible, clean, and renewable energy to Ontario’s electricity system, using industry leading technologies. They recently announced that they are looking to Hatch, to provide reservoir safety expertise and advisory services for the development of this transformative project. This scope...

Dear Editor, It is ironic that the very day several Meaford residents participated in our May 7 clean up our local NDP candidate blitzed public spaces with election signs. I'm sure all candidates will add signs of their own. I think it is high time we stop this wasteful practice completely. Confine these signs to homeowners who request them. Although candidates...

Editor, You seem cranked up on electric vehicles so much so you forget about the best way to get around other than by bicycles, that is hydrogen and oxygen which was invented in 1807. I suppose logic lost its way. 500 km of travel then refuel in a matter of minutes sounds better than overnight charging stations. Much like wind farms...

Editor, Considering you are a fisherman, your love of cormorants surprises me. Perhaps you should do some research into the feeding habits of this bird and there is a good chance you will change your mind. It is estimated there are about 230,000 cormorants around the Great Lakes, each eating an estimated 1.3 to 1.6 pounds of fish a day. That...

Editor, There is a puzzling situation that has developed on the Georgian Trail, running east from Swarthmore Drive, in the past month. Someone who is using the trail is tying up plastic bags containing dog feces to the trees lining the trail. Perhaps this is from a dog that this person is walking, or this individual is bagging up feces...

Dear Editor, We are increasingly concerned about the actions Doug Ford’s government has taken to counteract the environmental protections our farmland, natural areas, and wild species need. Proper public consultation on changes to environmental law and policy was something that Ontarians could count on, thanks to our Environmental Bill of Rights (EBR). Not anymore. Twice in recent years Ford’s government has...

Dear Editor, I didn’t think we’d hear a Save Georgian Bay supporter mention the IESO again. And yet, there it was. One more time. In a Letter to the Editor April 28! Another reminder for us all that the IESO ran their numbers and tried - but failed - to halt another green energy initiative. In Meaford Ontario in this...

Dear Editor, Really, more on Batteries vs. Pump Storage? Okay, Bruce Mason, thanks for the insight on pump storage in your letter to the editor dated April 7, 2022. So, you’re saying that a water tower like the one by Meaford hospital is no different than a 93 billion litres water reservoir. You didn’t reveal this secret to TC Energy, did...

Editor, I'm not sure what you are referring to when you mention "clamps clicking on sailboat masts". If you are referring to any sound made by the crew or boat during the process of getting under way or returning to dock, then I am in full agreement. However, if you are referring to the sound coming from a stationary vessel then I...