Letters

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged families, students, seniors, farmers, and businesses in Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound. I have been hearing from many small business owners who are unsure if they will make it through this crisis. Many in rural Canada are finding it difficult to acquire federal support, which is why myself and my colleagues continue to put...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor: Councillor Ross Kentner’s letter, published in the The Meaford Independent last Friday, May 1, accurately reflects our view at Save Georgian Bay: Release the Pumped Storage Proposal report now! We appreciate Councillor Kentner’s public requests, in the April 20 council meeting and now, to The Independent, seeking to allow the community adequate time to review and...

Letter to the Editor Mr. Editor, The tone of Councillor Kentner’s letter to The Independent gave me the impression that he is not in favour of the TCE stored energy proposal. (That may not have been his intention.) He seems to be in a hurry to get the pros and cons of the project from the CAO because time is running...

Letter to the Editor Editor, I heartily agree with Councillor Kentner's view that the report from our CAO should not be delayed just because TC Energy cannot be present in person. A copy can be dispatched to them by other means. Unprecedented times call for unprecedented measures. This dithering could prove to be costly in more ways than one. We, the...

Letter to the Editor To whom it may concern, As a resident in Meaford I'm very concerned about the Pumped Storage facility proposed to be on the Meaford Tank Range. I'm very much concerned about the local ecology and the effect on wildlife – also people living in the vicinity of the Range. There is a lot of variety of wildlife living on...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, At April 20th’s on-line council meeting I asked when council is going to receive CAO Rob Armstrong’s report on Trans Canada Energy’s proposed Pumped Storage Facility. The Department of National Defence has to make a decision on whether it will host the $3.3B development. DND postponed that decision to July 31, less than 90 days away....

Letter to the Editor Editor, Thank you to the people that have painted rocks and have placed them throughout Meaford. We have seen them on the trail, near mailboxes, by bridges, on street corners, and along the waterfront on our many walks around the community.Beautiful and some with meaningful messages. Lynda and Bob Foot, Meaford

Letter to the Editor Editor, “Globally, about 3.4% of reported COVID-19 cases have died,” according to the World Health Organization, March 3rd, 2020. To date in Canada about 3.6% of reported COVID-19 cases have died. In context, that denotes a case fatality rate about 36 times greater than the seasonal flu (.1% in Canada). Those numbers justify the drastic measures taken...

Letter to the Editor Editor, As we are imprisoned with this terrible COVID-19 pandemic I see lots of friends staying in touch with Facebook. As well, I see many helpful posts, caring posts, and lots of the rest too. We are so fortunate to live in such an amazing community and although we do not have everything, what we do have...

Letter to the Editor Editor, “The times they are a changin',” Bob Dylan's words can so easily be applied to today's pandemic crisis, and it is difficult for many to accept change - but we must face it or lose touch with the reality of our vulnerability and our inter-connectedness. We live in a rural community with a significantly high percentage of...