Letters

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...

Letter to the Editor Editor, I wanted to thank my neighbour, Jim Hepple, for debunking many myths about the impact of the TCE proposed pumped storage facility in the March 6th issue of your paper. As a property owner on Georgian Bay within sight of the Tank Range, I am not troubled about any potential negative impact of this project on the...

Letter to the Editor Editor, This morning I was out walking in the farm country, looking at the beautiful blue early morning sky. From where I was, I could see at least 50km in all directions. What I didn’t see was vapour trails. Seven months ago our federal election was about climate change and carbon taxes. Scientists and environmentalists have tried over...

Letter to the Editor Editor, In the New Age belief, there is a positive purpose in everything, even disaster. The plague that wiped out so many in Europe forced the rich to pay the poor for their work, because there were so few left to work. Fire renews forest growth. Flood spreads nutrients in the soil. Now we have a tiny...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, You would be doing a great public service if you could advise me, and other Meaford residents, how to stop the uninvited litter we experience. Every week we have a plastic bag of flyers thrown in our drive. The flyers go straight into recycling and the plastic bag goes into the garbage.We have never requested this...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, The question begs to be asked – why are councils passing egregious by-laws? Is it because staff presents staff reports, in the favour of the staff, and the people end up paying for staff’s mistakes? Is it because there is a raft of new councillors at helm of our municipalities? It seems the same old by-laws,...

Letter to the Editor Editor, In a recent letter to the Editor, John Mikkelson of TCE affirmed his company’s commitment to listen to valid concerns regarding his company’s proposal and accurately communicate with Meaford citizens. He states that the company does not have answers to all the questions as they are in the early stages of the process. I have no...