To the Editor, Thank you for your excellent editorial Remember what’s good – just what we need to hear in these dark days as we all tire of two years of lock downs. . You…
Big thanks to Canoe FM!
To the Editor, The Volunteer Dental Outreach for Haliburton County (VDO) would like to express deep gratitude to Canoe FM for once again selecting our charity (among several others) as a recipient of Radio Bingo.…
Policing, left vs. right
To the Editor, Do Canadian police forces respond equally to right versus left social movement protests, and civil disobedience? Our media has closely followed policing of the “Freedom Convoy”:“RCMP and CSIS view a number of activist…
Support for op-ed on shoreline bylaw
To the Editor, Brian Atkins’ op-ed Other priorities more important than shoreline bylaw in the Feb. 1 issue of the Echo was an excellent commentary on the proposed shoreline bylaw, and our local governments’ continued…
We’ve been here before
To the Editor, I’ve been doing what many others have likely been doing during the pandemic - projects that I’ve been meaning to turn my attention to. One of them is working through a box…
Focus on cost of inadequate services not taxes
To the Editor, The public and Dysart et al council need to know that I am not intimidated by a possible 7.5 per cent tax increase. I believe the township falls short of providing adequate…
Government needs to wake up
To the Editor, Like many of your readers, we are stunned by the unprecedented severe storms and the resulting mud slides and flooding that has occurred in BC. We listened to experts and BC residents…
Kudos to businesses
To the Editor, In the spring of 2019, Concerned Citizens of Haliburton County surveyed local merchants to ascertain their use of plastics. We followed up with letters to all newspapers to offer congratulations to those…
Never waste a good crisis
To the Editor, There is an old adage that goes way back in time and that has been used by political leaders of all stripes. That adage is, “never waste a good crisis.” The basic…