CottageCountryNow - Opinion

Remembering a stinky friend, Blossom

2010/07/30

Last week I was definitely reminded of my advancing old age. Carol and Connie, two of the pupils I taught a long, long time ago (in the 1960s) in St. Catherines – when Muskoka was merely a place one might visit in the summer...

Time for lines to disintegrate

2010/07/30

If it’s prosperity and growth we’re after, it’s time for an overruling body to oversee the traditional municipal boundaries governing West Parry Sound.
Whether a pool in Parry Sound is a viable project remains to be...

Reader: Conservatives out of touch

2010/07/30

The decision to scrap the voluntary long form census will cause irreplaceable damage to many sections of Canadian society.
Transportation planning by municipalities, policy decisions for profit and non-profit...

Seek consent for trademark

2010/07/30

I believe “Welcome to Parry Sound” cannot be trademarked without the consent of the town of Parry Sound.
It seems to me that everyone who lives in Parry Sound has some degree of right to the legal use of the name of...

A friendlier welcome to Parry Sound

2010/07/30

Enough has been said of the rights to the wording of “welcome to Parry Sound.”
Instead, let’s say, “Parry Sound welcomes you” and be done with all the press.
I think the second version is friendlier.
Marsha...

Way to go, Lynne

2010/07/29

It is with a smile this week that we learned of the attempted heroic efforts of our local MP Tony Clement who didn’t hesitate when he saw a crisis moment and jumped in without thinking to save a...

Tale of two deficits

2010/07/29

It’s a shame this week that we weren’t able to provide a fuller picture of the financial situation the North Bay General Hospital is in that took it from not just being local news, but national...

Taking a scientific approach

2010/07/29

To the Editor:

The Callander Bay Subwatershed Phosphorus Study is taking a scientific approach in assessing all the factors that contribute to the blue-green algae in Callander Bay...

You call it pointless, I call it a cover up

2010/07/29

To the Editor:

$6,000 dollars on Todd White issues? Or $6,000 dollars trying to cover-up the improper uses of public office by our Chief Building Official, CAO, and councillor Glabb.

Mayor Bob...

Steps to creating a sustainable world

2010/07/28

By Hugh Holland

John Muir, who founded the Sierra Club in 1890 once said, “When we try to pick anything out by itself, we find it is hitched up to everything else in the universe.”

We hear a lot...

Reader upset at Clement

2010/07/28

Editor’s note: This letter sent to Parry Sound-Muskoka MP Tony Clement was copied to the Forester.

I am one of your constituents and am most upset, confused and angry with your insistence on changing the...

Comments welcomed

2010/07/28

The Town of Huntsville has been very busy this year and one of the big projects they have taken on has been the creation of a Unity Plan. The plan was the inspiration of a local group of people called Leaf: Local...

Mayor Doughty responds to letter

2010/07/28

Mr. Bionda,

Mr. Pender is away on a well-deserved holiday. I have his permission to respond to your letter.

The use of the term “volunteer” in describing the firefighters may be “technically” accurate...

Reader clarifies the term "volunteer"

2010/07/28

Editor’s note:: This letter was written to Huntsville CAO Kelly Pender and copied to the Huntsville Forester.

The purpose of this letter is to clarify some of the points that were brought forward in the...

Firefighters do a lot for their community

2010/07/28

I read with considerable interest the article: G8 cash available for area firefighters published on page A15 of the Forester (July 21) and would appreciate the opportunity to add my perspective to some of the...

No revolution, just common sense

2010/07/28

We live in an educated and advanced society.

We can split atoms, view the interiors of our bodies to detect disease through state-of-the-art computers and communicate with other people from around the world in...

Accurate, comprehensive coverage appreciated

2010/07/28

MUSKOKA LAKES — I would like to express my compliments to Karen Longwell for her accurate, comprehensive coverage of the Muskoka Ratepayers Association annual general meeting in the Examiner, July 21.

In her...

Name change is to honour our veterans

2010/07/28

BRACEBRIDGE — I was somewhat disappointed to read in our local paper of the opposition to the renaming of Muskoka Road South to Veterans Way, even after it was approved by the town council. (Last-ditch effort to block road...

Following ‘all the proper procedures,’ Ontario’s waterfalls will begin to die

2010/07/28

MUSKOKA — Ontario’s waterfalls are about to start disappearing. Bala Falls has a temporary reprieve while an economic impact study is carried out to supplement the environmental assessment Swift River Energy has carried...

Give both sides of the fire chief story

2010/07/28

(Editor’s note: This is an open letter to Muskoka Lakes Mayor Karen Ellis.)

MUSKOKA LAKES — We would like to express our confidence in the actions taken by the Township of Muskoka Lakes council regarding the...

Not all firefighters agree with protest

2010/07/28

MUSKOKA LAKES — I would like to clarify two statements made in your publications. First, please be aware that not all of the firefighters in the Township of Muskoka Lakes were in agreement with the most recent protests. I...

MP should work to improve current data collection system

2010/07/28

MUSKOKA — (Editor’s note: This letter was sent to Parry Sound-Muskoka MP Tony Clement, minister of industry, and copied to this newspaper.)

Dear Mr. Clement:

I am one of your constituents and am most...

Where’s McKellar?

2010/07/28

In the journalistic field we are always called upon to be fair and balanced and it’s something we openly strive for each and every day.
With the 2010 municipal elections just around the corner, candidates are filing for...

The legacy of an aquatic centre

2010/07/28

Five municipalities voted in favour of sitting down with the YMCA and discussing the future of a full service recreation facility and aquatic centre – the Archipelago, Parry Sound, Carling, McDougall and Whitestone. Our...

No room for apathy this summer

2010/07/28

Victims of woodsmoke pollution continue being assaulted from the toxic acrid woodsmoke filled air that permeates many communities.
Outdoor open-air burns are still permitted in urban areas in our nation. People...