Letter: Dukes exec thanks fans for support
Thank you to all of our fans, sponsors, supporters, volunteers, billets and support staff for all of your unwavering support and energy through this unprecedented…
Letter: Current hospital building could be re-used
I think that demolishing the current hospital building is a waste of a sound reusable building? Note that Pinecrest School will be re-used for affordable…
Letter: Public planning meeting a waste of time
I had the misfortune May 16 to attend County council’s public planning meeting at Shire Hall. I went to register my objection to the rezoning…
Turbine construction seems like dirty business
Trees are our lungs. They absorb carbon dioxide and give us oxygen. It takes seven mature trees one year to produce enough oxygen for one…
Increased HST makes sense for funding crunch
With regard to the letter by Dennis Fox and the value of tourism in the county and how much we all benefit. His call for…
Eurasian perch crippling local fisheries
In a normal year the commercial fishery from Brighton to the Quebec border would be scrambling to get their gear in the water. For the…
Let’s talk more about the value of tourism
About this time last year, I wrote a letter asking if our community, as a whole, benefitted from tourism? Despite my qualified stated support for…
Financial help to attend Farmland Forum available
The mission of the Ontario Farmland Trust (OFT) is to protect and preserve Ontario farmlands and associated agricultural, natural and cultural features of our valued…
Character lost in haste to populate community
Regarding “Committee supports pedestrian crosswalk study for Bloomfield and Wellington” by Chad Ibbotson in the March 22 edition of the Gazette… A $15,000 study for…
Mobile water station purchase worthy of support
The Council of Canadians is a leader in initiatives to protect Canada’s freshwater sources. Our campaign work focuses on recognizing water as part…