Letters

Letter to the Editor Editor, Having moved from Meaford to a large city more than a year ago, I realize that it was the best thing to do. Meaford is a beautiful town, but after living there for 20 years I found that the town lacked a focused vision for itself. A poor sister to Thornbury, full of empty storefronts, historic buildings being...

Letter to the Editor The Editor: The pumped storage facility planned for the tank range certainly has been raising awareness of the beautiful environment we have in this community and this country as a whole. My hat is off to the folks bringing their concerns to the attention of the authorities, municipal, provincial and federal. 'Save Georgian Bay' as a group is rightly...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, I am very concerned about the Coastal Gas Link Pipeline in northern British Columbia. All five clans of the Wet'suwet'en have unanimously rejected this pipeline and are peacefully defending their unceded land. The RCMP broke down their barricades last year and on Friday, February 7 arrested land defenders at the barricade. Coastal Gas Link is a...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, As a former teacher from a teaching family I too am writing in support of the teachers of Ontario. All the public sees and hears is the demand for a 1 percent raise.Do they know that that dedicated and hard working teachers daily face rudeness, talking back, and sometimes even physical abuse, yet they continue to...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, I am writing to voice my support for the teachers in Ontario in their quest to maintain our world-wide, recognized excellent education system. Teachers are fighting on behalf of parents and students. I am a grandparent with an autistic grandson. Our diverse classrooms need more not fewer teachers and supports to address differences so all children...

Letter to the Editor Editor, This is the third occasion now I’ve felt compelled to respond to TC’s orchestrated 'green spin' on physics and economics. I do so for the benefit of the taxpayers and users of electrical energy who may be less familiar with power generation technologies. Full disclosure this time; I am a retired electrical engineer. During the last 20...

Letter to the Editor Editor, Regarding John Mikkelson's letter of January 17, which read: 3rd paragraph....."TCEnergy will carry the cost of constructing the facility... The net financial benefit for Ontario ratepayers over the lifespan of the facility is estimated to be $12.1 billion". Gosh! This sounds like everyone's fairy godmother!Except, how to measure the cost of environmental degradation, property risk and devaluation,...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, Water volume perspective – proposed pumped storage facility There has been concern raised by some regarding the volume of water being moved out of and back into Georgian Bay to serve the proposed pumped storage facility on the base. There is no question that the volume is huge. Properly managing its potential impact on Georgian Bay...