Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Letters

Reader: South Georgian Bay Is Under Siege

Letter to the Editor Editor, My wife and I are moving to Meaford this winter. We have been made aware of this “Pump storage” idea and to put it mildly we are very concerned! Environmentalists should be appalled that ANY such proposal that affects our pristine waters of Georgian Bay, or anywhere on our Great Lakes System should be viewed with EXTREME...

Concern That the Public is Being Misled

Letter to the Editor Editor, I am sharing this letter that I originally sent out to John Mikkelsen of TC Energy and copied our Mayor Barb Clumpus on Monday, October 12, 2020. I have not received any response from either to date. I can understand why TC Energy would not respond but I would expect that our Mayor should. Regardless of whether...

Grey Bruce Health Unit: Kindness not Bullying – Please

Letter to the Editor Dear Community, As COVID-19 cases continue to climb, I want to discuss a very important unintended consequence that has become more common in recent months. This unintended consequence is that many people and their families have been victims of bullying after testing positive for COVID-19.Please do not take this note as an indication that we are not...

Reader Not Impressed With New Library

Letter to the Editor Editor, I had a first time visitor to Meaford this week. Was proud to driver her around to view Memorial Park, Lakeview Cemetery, the harbour and waterfront, Meaford Hall, the old fire hall, was delighted to see tennis and pickleball courts. Everything was going find until she saw the new library. It sits there like a big 'blackhead'...

Reader: There is – Us and Them

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, Born and raised in Sydenham Township, to this day I call it home. Living just one concession from Georgian Bluffs and the City of Owen Sound I use all the amenities of these two municipalities. To provide my address as Meaford, is very confusing to many.I have been very fortunate to have the Emergency Services...

TC Energy Says Pumped Storage Facility is an Environmentally Responsible Solution For Ontario’s Growing Energy Demands

Letter to the Editor Editor, I would like to thank Meaford resident Caryn Colman for sharing her open letter to Alex Ruff, MP, which appeared in the October 9, 2020 edition of your paper, regarding TC Energy’s proposed Pumped Hydro Storage Project. Caryn suggests that we need to change our relationship with energy, at home and at work through conservation. She...

Reader: Pumped Storage Cannot be Honestly Defended

Letter to the Editor Editor, Ontario’s electrical energy consumers and taxpayers must demand transparency and honesty from TC Energy with regard to their continued pursuit of the installation of a pumped storage facility atop the Niagara Escarpment. TC Energy consistently falls short of this behaviour in its promotion and defence of this antiquated technology.TC Energy’s John Mikkelsen, in his recent submission...

Canada Has a Waste Management Problem

Letter to the Editor Editor, Canada has a waste management problem. We also have a creativity 'thinking outside of the box' kind of a problem, but to address both in this letter would take up too much space and infuriate the editor. When Meaford began its pilot program to reclaiming and recycling plastic film waste I was over the moon ecstatic....

Canadian Dam Association Addresses Concerns Expressed by Residents

Letter to the Editor To the Editor, The Canadian Dam Association was referenced in Louise Buccella’s letter to Minister John Yakabushi, published on Sept. 25. It appears there may have been some misunderstanding of the information that we had shared with Ms. Buccella. The CDA does not have an opinion on the pumped storage facility proposed for the Meaford area. We can...

Reader Suspicious of Plastic Film Savings

Letter to the Editor Editor, In a recent letter to the editor one of your readers deplored council's decision to end the collection of soft plastics thereby incurring a savings of $36,000 per year. What the reader does not grasp is the fact that $36,000 can finance the addition of a new junior clerk, who can very quickly be promoted to a...