Draft dodging, then and now Dear Editor, A little over 50 years ago, I was in the place, time and frame of mind to take part in a social movement, sort of an experiment in social change. The United States

Dear Editor, Our recent encounter with Mother Nature on a bad day has left me with house damage and renewed my long-held belief that there is a limit to my adoration of trees. A tree, too close to your house

Mother Nature reigns supreme Dear Editor, We are only two of many who experienced over this past weekend the volatility that happens when Mother Nature is extremely angry at the world. Yes, we said that and meant to say so,

Do the right thing, before it becomes law Dear Editor, I don’t like to complain, unless I have some inkling of a way out of the plaintive situation. But here we are, sliding slowly into a comfortably numb world, and

Dear Editor, I watch a lot of YouTube videos, and one topic the Algorithm had offered to me recently, is Scammers Payback, a channel where a very savvy fellow calls a spurious Internet helpline, and using a voice altering device,

Disappointment on the waste management front Dear Editor, As environment councillor for Thorne, and a member of the waste management committee of MRC, I am dedicated to the idea of reducing the costs of disposing of things citizens buy and

A curious feature Dear Editor, A curious feature in being human is that more often than not one is not aware of their own flaws and weakness until they are pointed out or taken advantage of by someone else in

Complaint Dear Editor, I’d like to complain* – imagine that – about the weather. Over this past winter, we’ve had warnings of huge fierce storms, which often turned out to be piddly little snow squalls; inconvenient enough, but not the

Solar power Dear Editor, In the aftermath of recent power outages that occurred in the Upper Pontiac, it seems timely to examine how alternative energy sources could alleviate some of the drastic inconveniences suffered by citizens. We’ve been encouraged to

Thank you for explaining Dear Editor, Thank you for your editorial on page 4 (Feb.8, 2023). Thank you for explaining again the pinch that the encroaching French-first language laws are bringing against bilingualism in Quebec. Trusting that I may respond