Letters to the Editor – May 1, 2024
April 30, 2024
Bravo mayors Dear Editor, The warden should have vacated the chair during the Monday Apr. 29 special sitting of MRC mayors. As she herself admits,
Bravo mayors Dear Editor, The warden should have vacated the chair during the Monday Apr. 29 special sitting of MRC mayors. As she herself admits,
One of the perks of a job in journalism is having the opportunity to report the good news of what is going on in your
Loyalty to municipality Dear Editor, During the Apr. 17 meeting of the Council of Mayors, there was a discussion of the garbage incinerator. Warden Toller
Plastic waste is increasingly on people’s minds. The theme of this year’s Earth Day celebrated around the world this past Monday was Planet vs. Plastic.
If you could change the channel from the current conversation about a garbage incinerator, what would you rather be talking about? What is the thing
More questions than answers Dear Editor, The last of the Pontiac MRC public information meetings on the incinerator has come and gone. So, where are
JT’s travellin’ road show Dear Editor, While a number of Pontiac MRC councils have (to their credit) already turned their backs on the incinerator proposal,
With turnouts of 70, 100 and 150 people at MRC Pontiac’s first three public meetings on the incinerator business case, it’s clear that the issue
The initial business plan for the energy-from-waste project proposed for the Pontiac compares two means of disposal: incineration versus landfill, and it uses the volume
The incinerator Dear Editor, I believe that virtually all politicians start out with the best interests of their voters in mind. But at some point,
Bravo mayors Dear Editor, The warden should have vacated the chair during the Monday Apr. 29 special sitting of MRC mayors. As she herself admits, the purpose of the meeting was to propose her own resolution which constitutes a bias
One of the perks of a job in journalism is having the opportunity to report the good news of what is going on in your area. In the Pontiac, there are many such stories, a few of which have found
Loyalty to municipality Dear Editor, During the Apr. 17 meeting of the Council of Mayors, there was a discussion of the garbage incinerator. Warden Toller stated that, in terms of decision-making and votes, what happens at local municipal council meetings
Plastic waste is increasingly on people’s minds. The theme of this year’s Earth Day celebrated around the world this past Monday was Planet vs. Plastic. Fittingly, Earth Day kicked off the international negotiations taking place in Ottawa this week on
If you could change the channel from the current conversation about a garbage incinerator, what would you rather be talking about? What is the thing we should be making happen here in the Pontiac? Apparently, we are not only one
More questions than answers Dear Editor, The last of the Pontiac MRC public information meetings on the incinerator has come and gone. So, where are we now? In my opinion, we’re not a lot further ahead in knowing what we
JT’s travellin’ road show Dear Editor, While a number of Pontiac MRC councils have (to their credit) already turned their backs on the incinerator proposal, the majority, as of Apr. 4, still cling to the idea. Last week’s ‘information’ meeting
With turnouts of 70, 100 and 150 people at MRC Pontiac’s first three public meetings on the incinerator business case, it’s clear that the issue has provided a rallying point that has brought people together from one end of the
The initial business plan for the energy-from-waste project proposed for the Pontiac compares two means of disposal: incineration versus landfill, and it uses the volume of 400,000 tons of garbage in its calculations. A problem that immediately pops up with
The incinerator Dear Editor, I believe that virtually all politicians start out with the best interests of their voters in mind. But at some point, usually after completing a term or two, maybe after graduating to become Mayors, many reach
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