Published May 28 2019 To the Editor Re: Open letter from MPP Laurie Scott Haliburton Echo May 21 Tell me Ms. Scott how many of these good paying jobs will end up in Haliburton County?…
Letter to the editor: Educator opposed to province’s funding…
Dear Member Scott As a former educational leader with Scarborough Board of Education/TDSB and current advocate for quality public education I want to express my strong opposition to the proposed cuts to education funding and…
Letter to the editor: MP’s newsletter should inform
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Letter to the editor: Ontario gov’t blind to…
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Letter to the editor: Will we survive with…
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Creating new opportunities and making life more affordable
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Big Bike coming to the Highlands
To the Editor The Heart and Stroke Foundation is rolling the Big Bike into the Highlands on Thursday May 16. The purpose of this 29-seat bike is to raise money for research for cardiovascular disease.…
Letter: CARP urges further thought on cuts
To the Editor CARP Chapter 54 is deeply concerned by the news of the cuts to health units and library services. Small town libraries are limited in their collections and losing the inter-library loan system…
Letter: Group commends council for banning plastics
Dear Mayor Roberts and Members of Dysart Council On behalf of Concerned Citizens of Haliburton County I would like to commend the council for their decision to ban single use plastic water bottles from the…
Letter: Hope for reversing global warming?
To the Editor I have long wished I could do something to heal the planet. Swedish teen Greta Thunberg alerted me to the fact that we need to push politicians to get involved. Greta says…
Letter: Schmale Wright and tar pits
To the Editor So MP Jamie Schmale was persuaded by Jonathan Wright a governor on the board of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers “that the oil and gas industry can use the resources in…
Letter: Questioning politics
To the Editor I was happily surprised to see two political letters to the editor in the April 23 edition of the Echo. They were justifiably disgusted with what Ford is doing to this great…
Letter to the Editor: A rude awakening
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Letter to the Editor: Make change through politics
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If you are appalled let them know
To the Editor During the past few weeks I have had a number of friends and colleagues comment on the frightful conduct of our provincial government ... the Ford government. The litany of absurd and…
Province should invest in environment education
To MPP Laurie Scott In your survey you ask: “Are there any examples of provincial government red tape or unfair regulations that are making life more difficult for you and your family? Please try to…
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Letter: Responding to warnings To the Editor Canada’s Changing Climate Report has issued a warning. Canada is warming at a rate twice that of the rest of the world. In response our governments need to…
Rose Humphrey celebrates 100th birthday
The Sunny Rock B&B’s Sally Moore and Jan Clarke along with Izobel and Gus Janca did not think March 7 was a day like all days. They thought it was a once-in-a-lifetime occasion to be…
Letter: Committee urges council to keep snowmobiles off…
An open letter to Mayor Roberts and members of Dysart et al council In response to the March 5 article in the Haliburton Echo “Allowing snowmobiles on Highland Street” Aging Well Haliburton County respectfully asks…
Letter: Naming contest a success
To the Editor Wow! Thank you to the residents of Haliburton and surrounding areas. A couple of weeks ago I proposed an idea to the Haliburton Echo newspaper. I had just finished a painting of…
Letter: What do we know about the evacuation…
To the Editor It has been more than eight weeks since the evacuation of Highland Wood began. A leaking roof had begun in one wing of the small long-term care residence attached to the Haliburton…