Dear Editor: The provincial governments of Ontario and Alberta are enthusiastically expediting the destruction of our treasured public health care system.
Making this world a better place in 2026
Dear Editor: To me, 2025 was a fantastic year, at age 78 I made many new friends, some of which are a few Old Order Amish Families in Huron County (only God can arrange such friendships I truly believe)!
Put the Elm back in Elmwood
Dear Editor, The Elmwood Community Service Association and the community of Elmwood respectfully requests that the Municipal Council of Brockton grant our holiday wish and “Put the Elm back into Elmwood”.
Lethal trapping undermines ecological integrity, public values
Dear Editor: I wish to express my support for Walkerton resident Bobbi Sharpe, who recently appeared before Brockton Council to raise concerns about the trapping of beavers in the Saugeen River.
Planned closure of local branches disappointing to bank customer
To the editor: Like many in our community, I was extremely disappointed by BMO’s recent decision to close its local branches in Mildmay (where our family resides), and Walkerton.
Bonds of confidence – or just bondage?
Dear Editor: So the Ontario government is now selling a billion dollars in “nuclear expansion” bonds, and we’re supposed to believe this is smart planning. To me, it looks a whole lot more like a confidence game dressed up as an energy strategy.
Letter from home: chickens, geese, pickles
Jane and Sebastian Kirstine had five girls and three boys. They lived on the South Line, Brant Township, the family farm since 1850.
Province should respect conservation authorities
Dear Editor: “The planning and management of drinking water sources should be undertaken on a watershed basis. Political boundaries should not be permitted to interfere with the watershed approach."
Don’t let your guard down, reader urges
Dear Editor: There are two dates in Teeswater (South Bruce) that many residents will remember..
Letter questions province’s school support offices
Dear Editor: While most rural weeklies haven’t reported on it yet, Ontario has just taken a major step toward eliminating locally elected school trustees and replacing them with a single, centralized “Student and Family Support Office” in every school board.
Area needs Saugeen Hospice
Dear Editor: Imagine someone you love deeply, a spouse, a parent, a best friend, or a favourite aunt or uncle, facing the last few days or weeks of life...
Why are we gutting local oversight on watersheds?
Dear Editor, Back when the Walkerton tragedy made headlines worldwide, the moral was simple enough for a grade-school science fair: don’t let people who know nothing about water run the show.
Bold action needed to tackle housing crisis
Dear Editor: I’ve seen how the housing crisis has deeply affected our community. More and more people are being pushed into homelessness, and it feels like everyone is falling behind.
Bill 5 and the Meaford mistake
Dear Editor: Anita Jacobson and the Coalition to Repeal Bill 5 are right to sound the alarm about what’s been done to Ontario’s Endangered Species Act.
‘I Could Not Ask for More’
For those who like country music like I do, the headline will be recognized as the song title by singer Sara Evans who made this very famous, and although it does have a different meaning in the song, it is how I felt....
