Letters

Dear Editor, Confusion in people’s minds after seeing media reports on COVID or climate is understandable. We hear diverse things about a virus that is ‘novel’ and therefore not yet understood by our health practitioners, and we hear opposing opinions about climate and whether it could be controlled by humans. It appears that washing hands, physical distancing, wearing masks have all...

Editor, Wonderful news! Our community paramedics are being bolstered to help keep seniors safe and in their homes. In our eighties, my husband and I can attest to their effectiveness, kindness, responsiveness, and expertise. Case in point: February 18, paramedics came to our home to test me for COVID. (I had been instructed by my eye surgeon’s office I had to be...

Editor, A week ago I received a phone call to give me a date for my 'over 80 COVID vaccine date'. I arrived on time today Tuesday, March 16 at 1:45. There were many cars filling the parking lot and some 50 seats on the arena floor. Ten or twelve seats were unoccupied awaiting the next vaccine. I was promptly registered...

Editor, In reference to your recent article dated March 11, 2021, 'This Week’s Rants', I wanted to acknowledge your support for the neighbouring community that could someday be impacted by the TC Energy’s proposed PSP. We are not a forest below a 375 acre reservoir with a 20m wall dammed as illustrated on the TC Energy website, but approximately 300 permanent...

Dear Editor: Although I saw the letter you received in response to my own letter submitted March 9th, I planned to ignore it. Presumably The Editor doesn't need readers lobbing sticks and rocks back and forth at each other in the paper like it's their own private chat room etc. Already did what I could. Better to just walk away. Then...

Editor, Ron Hartlen wrote in his letter of March 18 (responding to Mr. Mason’s letter of March 11) that there are “many well qualified, experienced scientists, geologists, geophysicists around the world who...tell us that there is no urgent CO2-emissions crisis.” He is correct, there are many who do so, however these many are still a minuscule proportion of scientists in...

Editor, We are in the midst of exceptional, once-in-a-lifetime circumstances. It was on March 18 last year Grey Bruce saw the initial cases of COVID-19. Those first few cases were all travel-related. Ten days in, the tenth case for the region became the first attributed to community transmission. Infectious diseases are the origins of public health. A pandemic is something public health...

Dear Editor, I moved to Meaford in October. Yes, I am part of the COVID-inspired mass exodus from cities to a more quiet lifestyle closer to nature. I am very happy to be here and am generally excited for Meaford's future. I recently went for a walk through Beautiful Joe park and up part of Trout Hollow trail and was dismayed...

Editor, On Monday, September 18, 2017, I got to see firsthand how lucky we are in Meaford to have such a dedicated and skilled emergency team. In the weeks prior to the said date, I had been feeling weak and felt like I was running on 'one lung'. I had difficulty climbing stairs and was always catching my breath. The weekend of...

Editor, In his letter of March 9, Bruce Mason, with reference climate change, said, in part: "I usually find a way to tell deniers that they are too stupid to be in the room when the adults are talking..." Mr. Mason's style and language reflects that of those who use the arrogant, dismissive term 'climate deniers'. There are many well qualified, experienced scientists,...