Letters

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, Re: Letter: "Littering Can Have Impact on Animals", Dec. 28, 2015 Roberta Docherty deserves to be commended for speaking up about the damage littering does to our communities. Harm to wildlife is one of littering's many negative effects. For three years I have been pushing to have the province of Ontario launch a serious review of littering,...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, Many years ago a clever caring person started collecting pop tabs to trade for wheelchairs across the country. Response was that it was silly and fraudulent from small minds who tried to stop it, but caring people stepped up and collected tabs from coast to coast from pop, beer cans, and zip-top cans. I was at...

Letter to the Editor Editor, As the new federal government (and we the voters) begin to grapple with electoral reform, it’s important that the facts of the options considered be accurate and that the options themselves are truthfully represented. This was not the case in Dan Brown’s Postmedia December 30 column, “Proportional representation aids extremist parties”. That article serves as a...

Letter to the Editor Dear Friends, This mild winter reminds me of a story that Vina Ufland told me. Vina had worked for the Meaford Express since 1910, and wrote the column THE SCROLL UNWINDS. In 1957 she became the Town Librarian using a room in a corner of Town Hall. When I began teaching in 1969 at GBSS, I invited...

MPP Bill Walker The year 2015 kicked off with less optimism than expected as the Liberal government was buffeted by growing labour unrest, OPP investigations and ever-increasing hydro rates. By late January, care coordinators at ten of the 14 Community Care Access Centres (CCACs) across Ontario had gone on strike, including those in Bruce and Grey counties. It was troubling to...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, I’d like to tell a story. We’re new to this area, only been in the house since just before Halloween. This afternoon we got back from two nights away to find that a 20ft section of the 7ft tall board fence around the back yard had blown over. Posts all rotted out. And of course it blew...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, Would you please remind your readers that when they through garbage out the window, it is more than just littering and making our neighbourhood look like a slum. The critters that get into the things thrown out suffer because of it. This morning I came a cross a cat stuck in a small bag chips had...

Letter to the Editor Editor, I agree with you that “Tinkering With Winter Road Maintenance… Should Be Undertaken with Caution”. In particular, I note that the experiments being suggested could result in a savings of 3600 hours. You suggest that these savings could be used to employ two additional full-time staff. On the other hand, the savings could be returned to the tax-payers,...

Letter to the Editor Editor, On Wednesday, November 25, the Board of Directors of United Way Bruce Grey met to discuss the remaining funds raised to support the victims of the August 10arson fire in Owen Sound. As of Friday, November 27, the United Way has distributed over $175,000 to help those affected by the fires. Currently, United Way holds approximately...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, We went to a professional live theatre performance on December 4. The Kids in the Meaford Hall presented Aladdin this year. Our fellow M.C.S. students were in the play including Megan, Lilly, Jeridan, Vanessa, Alex, Cassie, and Claire. The actors were so good that I thought they were in the Disney movie. We liked how...